Desafios da descentralização intramunicipal: o caso de Fortaleza

Abstract

The present work aims to present and analyze the experience of intramunicipal decentralization that occurred in Fortaleza through the creation of Regional Executive Secretariats- RESs, during the administration of Mayor Juraci Magalhães (1997 - 2000). From this specific case, the results achieved were problematized from the perspective of improving services provided to citizens, increasing the level of society's participation in decision making processes and equalizing social and structural indicators in the territory of the Regions. These results were criticized through a study on State Theory, with emphasis on the crisis of its leaders - which permeates the concept of representation - and its Institutions. Finally, the concept of “Devolutionary Decentralization ” was developed as a new form of decentralization through civil organizations acting in partnership with public authorities, the so-called third sector. Specifically, the history, concept and model of Social Organizations was studied, without shying away from discussing their constitutionality through jurisprudential analysis of ADI l.923/DF. Due to the novelty of the topic, rigorous research into primary sources was necessary, such as, for example, historical data from the Official Gazette and Municipal Secretariats. Nevertheless, the research covered a vast bibliography of authors in Administrative Law, as well as master's and doctoral theses and academic articles. The results found revealed that the decentralization that took place in Fortaleza did not achieve the expected participation result, but there was some structural evolution in the territories albeit in an unbalanced way. It was observed that these problems occurred due to the lack of autonomy of the decentralized entity in relation to the central power and the lack of popular representation that effectively directed the demands of the population.