Governo local, políticas públicas e novas formas de gestão pública no Brasil

Abstract

The present paper consists on the analysis of a set of initiatives promoted by the subnational level of government in Brazil, which are part of the Social Policy System Reform that begun since the 80’s. The analysis is based on a data bank created by the “Gestão Pública e Cidadania” Program (Public Administration and Citizenship), developed by Fundação Getulio Vargas and Fundação Ford, with the support of the BNDES. These initiatives are seen as part of a more comprehensive process of State crisis and are related to the constitutivo of a Reform Agenda, established since the late 70’s. Taking into account this agenda, the paper identifies some trends, which suggest that a gradual chenge is happening in the Social Policies and in the Public Administration in Brazil. These trends point to na increase of the citizenship – through the democratization of the decision making process and through the extension of the access to public services – and to the modernization of public management, as the result of the creative action of the state and local government.