Rede Mercocidades na cooperação descentralizada: limites e potencialidades

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Pinto, Fabiana Rita Dessotti
• Orientador(a): Wanderley, Luiz Eduardo Waldemarim
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Ciências Sociais
• Departamento: Ciências Sociais
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Globalização; Regionalização; Iniciativas de desenvolvimento local; Ação internacional das cidades; Redes internacionais de cidades; Rede Mercocidades
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Globalization; Regionalization; Local development initiatives; International action of cities; International networks of cities; Mercocities network
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS
• Link de acesso: https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/3326

The thesis develops a case study of Mercocities Network, an association of cities and associated member countries of MERCOSUL, and has aimed to analyze the decentralized international cooperation developed in this network as an initiative to promote local economic development. To this end, the thesis presents at first the motivations for the international actions of cities. It discusses the globalization in its economics aspects, the process of regionalization in Latin America and the impacts of globalization on cities, emphasizing essential the local economic development initiatives. Next, exhibits the characteristics of network relationships, presenting the central themes of the thesis: international networks of cities and decentralized cooperation. It analyzes the case of Mercocities network, through the description of its goals, its profile and its key initiatives. It identifies the relevant points for discussion of participation in international networks of cities. The survey results show that, despite having limitations, the cooperative participation in international networks of cities can maximize the capacity of cities in terms of public policy and impact on national and international policies of interest of the cities. Noteworthy among the limitations: the difficulty of exchanging experiences develop into effective public policies; the discontinuity of the initiatives in the network as a function of political discontinuity; the incipient participation of other civil society actors; the difficulty of evaluating results of the initiatives; and the lack of publicity in the media of the actions developed by the network