Public policies for the urban in Guarapuava, PR, Brazil

Abstract

We analyze the forms of urban intervention based on public policies, with resources from the federal government, in a medium-sized city in the state of Paraná, between 2013 and 2016. The results are presented in three sections. In the first, we review concepts and themes focused on public policies; In the second one, we present and discuss documentary data, from governmental and non-governmental institutions, and interviews. In the third one, we describe the covenants established between the federal government and the local government, in terms of public policies to an intervention of the urban space. It is concluded that, in Guarapuava, the political factors are very intervening in the distribution of public policies in order to promote, enhancement and perpetuate certain groups of and in power, especially family groups and their political and party alignments.

Keywords

• public actions
• covenant
• conflicts of interest