Gestão de política pública de geração de trabalho e renda: uma análise do Programa Nacional de Incubadoras de Cooperativas Populares

Abstract

The general objective of this work was to understand the management of public political functioning and characterization for the generation of work and gains, coordinated by the "National Secretary of Solidarity Economy" (Senaes - Secretaria Nacional de Economia Solidaria) through the "National Program of Popular Cooperative Incubators" (Proninc - Programa Nacional de Incubadoras de Cooperativas Populares). To achieve this purpose with no intention to completely study the issue, which is complex and comprehensive, though, specific objectives were pointed as follows: to identify and to analyze the institutional configuration assembled to administrate the "Proninc"; to identify the limits and imposed challenges to the "Proninc", as well as to identify and to analyze the main characteristics of the undertaken management form. The focus on the public policy management occurs due to the assumption that the holistic feature of the public policy field allows it to bear various perspective, not only the political science but also the significant parcel of responsibility in charge of the management for the success or failure of the public policy on its sustainability along history. Considering that the public policies represent the State in action or else one of the ways the State manages society, leads to the understanding that the form or type of administration the State assumes will influence decisively on the management of a public policy. The research methodology applied is founded on a qualitative approach of empirical-theoretical nature using the case study as a research method. The collection of data occurred by means of a bibliographic research, documental research and performance of interviews with key-actors involved within the political management. The universe of interviewed actors was composed by members of the "National Secretary of Solidarity Economy", members of the Proninc´s management committee and Popular Cooperatives Incubators coordinators/groups that received financing at the Proninc from 2003 to 2010 and activities during the research period. The collection of data took place from June to November 2010. According to the results the Proninc management is inserted in a public administration field with characteristics that align with the societal perspectives discussed by Paes de Paula ( 2005a), pictured as a public administration that relies on a sound foundation, the social management. Nevertheless, the institutional fragility bounds the plain practice of this construction and compromises the effectiveness of the public policy studied, mainly through the difficulties experienced in relation to the insecure and instable financial resources.