Políticas públicas e escolha racional: O caso do Centro Urbano de Cultura, Arte, Ciência e Esporte de Fortaleza, Estado do Cear

Abstract

This research aims to answer the following question: Why do certain public policies enter the political agenda and remain in the incremental modality, despite changes in government management? It is based on the idea that the construction of certain phases of the public policy cycle occurs due to the optimal correspondence between means and ends, at which political actors use strategies to maximize benefits. The research has a qualitative approach and is based on literature review. The method is observational caus process, based on the case of the Urban Center of Culture, Art, Science and Sport of Fortaleza - CUCA, as an example of public policy that was replicated by other municipal management. The selection of the observed cases was carried out based on the incidence of the policy, with periodization between 2009 and 2015. It was concluded that there is an underlying relationship between the maintenance of the policy and the maximization of benefits, and that the public policy analyzed was continued in the city of Fortaleza not only due to the results but also the contractual commitments assumed between the municipal government and the Bank Inter-American Development Bank, showing a greater inclination to political strategies than to the demands of a social order.