Federalismo e políticas educacionais no Brasil: Equalização e atuação do empresariado como projetos em disputa para a regulamentação do regime de colaboração

Abstract

This article examines intergovernmental relations, the concept of equalization (peculiar to a federalism of a cooperative matrix) and its relations with collaboration regulations, as well as the recent contours being shaped by the actions and propositions for collaborative partnerships regarding education in Brazil. The analytical path indicates that there is - besides the permanence of the strong inductor power of the federal government in defi ning the forms of collaboration for education and the relationship that this federal entity directly establishes with the municipalities, disregarding the states - signifi cant growth in the role of the private sector, along with the federal government, in att empting to seek other forms of regulations for collaboration, being the arrangements for the development of education the most expressive one.