Democratic governance and municipal sports policy: the case of Santana de Parnaíba. / Gestão democrática e política municipal de esporte: o caso de Santana de Parnaíba.
AUTOR(ES)
Flávia da Cunha Bastos
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2008
RESUMO
The decentralization process of social policies in the Country, as implemented by the 1988 Federal Constitution of Brazil, led to the reformulation of such policiesmanagement in States and Municipalities, as regards managerial culture, administrative structure and opening of channels for the civil societys participation in the construction, follow-up and assessment of such actions. In this process, the relationships among State, Market and Community should reach a balance, by means of policies based on the model of Political Consensus (OFFE, 1998). In terms of management of municipal public policies, the Managing Board is a channel for the Communitys participation and places the municipality in position to access state and federal allowances for local social programs. In Sports, the prevalence of the Markets interest is reflected in legal rules and Sports development plans implemented within the past two decades in the Country. The record of the existence of Municipal Boards of Sports is very recent in the country, and the knowledge as regards their role and performance towards making the Communitys participation in the formulation and development of local policies feasible is extremely limited. This research was developed aiming at ascertaining whether the Municipal Board of Sports actually constitutes a space for defining policies and discussion and organization of the interests of the social orders different segments - State, Market and Community - into a local Sports policy. Therefore, a case study of the Municipal Board of Sports, Leisure and Physical Activity of Santana de Parnaíba-SP was developed, regarding the period from its creation in 2003 up to 2006, based on the analysis of documental sources, complemented by statements by Board members and the representative of the municipal executive power in the Sports field, relying on the Oral History methodology. The analyses carried out as regards the processimplementation and the Boards activities led to the nonconfirmation of the studys hypothesis. A distancing between the municipal governments participative proposal and what took place within the sphere of the Sports and the Boards policy was ascertained, as well as an absence of encouragement for civil societys participation in the process to formulate and follow-up the Sports Policy. Considerations and perspectives as regards filling in the blanks identified in the Boards actions are raised aiming 8 at contributing to the improvement of such democratic management mechanisms activities in other Brazilian municipalities.
ASSUNTO(S)
esporte participação popular popular participation sports democratic governance políticas públicas public policies gestão democrática
