Gestão democrática como instrumento de planejamento estratégico regional : estudos das experiências no Conselho Regional de Desenvolvimento Paranhana - Encosta da Serra.

Abstract

This thesis aims to analyze the process of democratic management in the construction and implementation of regional strategic planning, addressing mainly the experience of Regional Development Council Paranhana-Encosta da Serra from 2009 to 2012. The research adopted as a theoretical framework for analytical methodology developed by Buarque (1999), which identifies four variables for decentralization State Society, or decision-making capacity, implementation of activities, resource management and service delivery. The researcher added the variables monitoring access to knowledge and evaliation (social control). The methodology is reported for the case study, exploratory research, descriptive literature and documents. The problem has been addressed qualitatively and quantitatively. The data collection instruments used were a questionnaire and a semistructured interview, using the non-probabilistic intentional sample. The results showed that the process of democratic management as a tool for construction and implementation of regional strategic planning is still immature in terms of representation of the civil society involved. It is concluded that popular participation is an effective mechanism for citizen participation in public decisions that do not restrict the electoral choices.