Constituição, trajetória e contexto das regiões metropolitanas de Natal e Aracaju

Abstract

The metropolitan regions are marked by lack of cooperation and lack of financial resources for the metropolitan administration. In this context, the objective is to understand the factors existing in the institutional history of the metropolitan areas of Natal and Aracaju that contribute to the lack of metropolitan management. It is this work compared to a historical study about the development of metropolitan management in cases highlighted. The theoretical basis for the research is historical institutionalism and the dilemmas of collective action. From the analysis of documents and official data it appears that the two metropolitan areas have such institutional arrangement the metropolitan council. Since in the case of Natal the council came to be installing underground, while in the case of Aracaju never occurred its installation. In both cases there is an effective participation of the state entity. Since the case of Aracaju is marked by the existence of secretaries of state issue facing metropolitan government actions that have not developed for the metropolitan region. Regarding the case of the Natal activities of state executive summed up the installation of the metropolitan council. The analysis of the metropolitan areas of Natal and Aracaju allows to show that the existing institutional mechanisms are not sufficient to promote interest in the metropolitan administration. It appears that the lack of metropolitan administration has the predominant factor in the political indifference.