How do subnational state capacities in Brazilian environmental sector provide local agency?

• Grant number: 19/07966-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2019
• End date: October 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Political Science - State and Government
• Principal Investigator: Adrian Gurza Lavalle
• Grantee: Fernando Peres Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/07616-7 - CEM - Center for Metropolitan Studies, AP.CEPID

Abstract

Do subnational administrative institutions enable local agents to interfere in public policies? The discussion about decentralization in Brazil indicates that financial regulation and policy formulation is centralized at the Union level. Subnational entities would be responsible for implementing policies. So, a limited impact on public policies is expected from subnational state capacities. However, the proposition is deductive and nonspecific about the degree of this limitation and about how the local agency happens. This field requires a detailed focus on how structures and interrelationships between subnational-level state capacities regulate the local governance. The main objective of this research is identify in different contexts what mechanisms allows subnational states capacities in environmental sector provide conditions for local agents to develop or improve policies. I look at decisions issued by subnational and multi-level agencies, committees and councils of environmental policies presents in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states. A cross-section time-series analyze shall demonstrate the differences in quantity and type of decisions caused by vertical and horizontal relationships of these state capacities. Therefore, I intend to find the mechanisms and conditions that explain how state capacities enable the local agency. (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

RODRIGUES, Fernando Peres. Local capacities and multilevel governance in the implementation of environmental policies. 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.