Em busca de uma teoria da burocracia pública não-estatal: política e administração no terceiro setor

Abstract

The article aims at exploring some elements so as to provide a theoretical framework concerning the non-state public bureaucracy -the so called non profit NGOs which operates in the public sphere and are allegedly not prone to state bureaucracies' dysfunctions. The author follows a three step methodology: a) concept building on state bureaucracies' dysfunctions related to political and other organizational issues which underlies ineffectiveness, patrimonial action and bureaucratic insulation; b) comparative analysis on whether such dysfunctions are more or less supposed to occur in non-state bureaucracies; and c) formulation of contemporary state and non-state bureaucratic effectiveness' requisites such as social embeddedness and political regulation. I suggest that non-state bureaucracy is more prone to achieve social embeddedness while less prone to be politically regulated in an universal basis. I argue that this condition requires in some cases a kind of political regulation integrated to the state once the control that flows from the political society is not by itself enough to make non-state bureaucracies dysfunctions safe.

New Developmentalism: What Do We Know and Where Are We Going?

“…An argument against this inclusion would be that the Third Sector is part of the Market, as its maximum expression of freedom of action by society, as presented by Neoliberalism, or is a mere auxiliary to the State, as presented by some heterodox theorists. However, a more conceptual analysis of the principles that guide each of these sectors, demonstrates conceptual independence and action of the Third Sector, pointing to its dynamism, importance for the development of the economies of countries, and issues of equity and social inclusion [63,65].…”

“…The difference in principle between the three sectors of the economy is presented as follows: the Market is governed by the pursuit of profit, with all its actions guided by this principle; the State is governed by the rule, the bureaucracy, which seeks to follow the bureaucratic principle of Legality, Impersonality, Morality, Publicity, and Efficiency [66]; whereas for the Third Sector, the principle that governs it is orientation by the absolute value of the action, by the logic of the cause [65,67]. This difference in principle implies that the third sector has an action very different from the Market and the State, abandoning issues such as impersonality, the rule of law that guides the action of the State, or the search for profit and competitive advantage, which guides the action of organizations that are part of the Market.…”

“…This difference in principle implies that the third sector has an action very different from the Market and the State, abandoning issues such as impersonality, the rule of law that guides the action of the State, or the search for profit and competitive advantage, which guides the action of organizations that are part of the Market. This differentiated orientation can foster and promote the social changes necessary for growth in society to be sustained in the long term [63,65]. It can also foster income distribution and social inclusion that other economic actors have difficulty fostering because of its principles, acting not only as an agent of welfare but as an active actor in social transformation [65,68].…”

“…This differentiated orientation can foster and promote the social changes necessary for growth in society to be sustained in the long term [63,65]. It can also foster income distribution and social inclusion that other economic actors have difficulty fostering because of its principles, acting not only as an agent of welfare but as an active actor in social transformation [65,68].…”