Formulação e implementação, convergências e desvios: facetas da política pública do MicroEmpreendedor Individual (MEI) no plano local

Abstract

Resumo: As políticas públicas de apoio a empreendimentos de pequeno porte despontam no Brasil, a partir dos anos 2000, tendo como principais marcos o Estatuto Nacional da Microempresa e da Empresa de Pequeno. This paper addresses, as an object of study, the implementation process of the latter legal instrument in a spatiality defined by the municipality of Araraquara. The methodological strategy used was a qualitative research, outlined as a single case study of exploratory character, employing as instruments for data collection: both documental research as well as interviews with structured scripts. Results have shown that the dynamic imposed by the implementation of the law can be characterized by fragile inter-organizational ties and relations based on the maximization of individual interests, to the detriment of collective interests, which ought to be pursued by public policies. It was verified, on the analysis of the direct and indirect impacts and results, that the local government was not ready for the execution of the policy designed on the federal level. The agents in local level proceed in a manner to fragment the formalization into small bits, in which each one of them acts on its own environment, without interaction or complementation; as a consequence, the formalization process is carried out following a hierarchical order, which results in a segmented and fragmented implementation.

O burocrata de médio escalão na implementação de políticas públicas

“…The figure of the policy implementor has gained more attention in some works that we examined in the SRL which point to the complexity and relevance of the actions of managers during implementation. Campanha, De Lorenzo, Fonseca, Oriani, and Paulillo (2017) demonstrate, in policy research oriented towards microentrepreneurs, that there is a dynamic imposed by the implementation of the law characterized by fragile interorganizational ties and relationships, which are based on maximizing individual interests to the detriment of the collective interests which should be pursued by public policies. If the implementor is not engaged in the policy and does not take the responsibility to provide a quality service, barriers can arise in the execution of the policy.…”