Bargain Between Politics And Administration Under Managerialism Influence: A Study In A Municipal Government.
Name: LUAN BERNARDO LIMA CARLOS
Publication date: 27/04/2018
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ALEXANDRE REIS ROSA | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ALEXANDRE REIS ROSA | Advisor * |
Summary: The literature on brazilian municipal government, since the process of political and administrative decentralization of 1988, has questioned the institutional conditions of the public administration and the municipal service in the face of new responsibilities and responsibilities, a theme that emerges in the current economic crisis. counties. Given the dominant emphasis of management reforms as a way to modernize public management and overcome the problems associated with bureaucracy, this research aimed to investigate the managerial influences in a local government that have incorporated this ideology, being carried out by examining the relationship between Politics and Administration that composes the nucleus of the government and the administration in the Executive Power. Thus, the understanding of the political-administrative interface was understood as implicit and explicit agreements or bargains between the parties, and based on the Brazilian municipal government marked by the strong command of the Mayor, in a tradition of exchange of positions for political support ; involving the strong uncertainties of the political system over the rewards of servants; the low training and professionalism of the servers as delivery of competence; and, loyalty to the Mayor agreed as a relationship of trust and confidence. The shift to managerialism would imply a new pact, with greater administrative autonomy, performance-based reward, increased emphasis on delivery of results, and executive loyalty. being this ideal type used to understand the managerial influences in a medium-sized City Hall of the South-East Region, investigated in the interface between the Mayor, elected politician, and the Secretaries and Undersecretaries, public administrators. Empirical research was carried out through 15 semi-structured interviews, which included Secretaries, Under-Secretaries and Executive Advisors and secondary data. It was concluded that managerial influences implied the reconstruction of the Mayor's leadership, being a way to demand results and efficiency of the servers, the great demand for technical profiles in order to achieve greater performance, the linking of loyalty of confidant to informal feedback on deliveries made and the beginning of the development of a management responsibility commitment. As a consideration for future studies, in addition to the expansion compared to other municipal governments, the question of the nature of the triple relationship with the Assessors and their impacts, the dynamics of political networks as a way of access to positions, and the use of questionnaires to increase representativeness and comparability of data.
Keywords: Public Administration. Municipal Government. Political-Administrative Relations. Public Service Bargain. New Public Management.
