ANÁLlSE ESTRUTURACIONISTA DE POLíTICAS PÚBLICAS: a dualidade da política pública

Abstract

The paper proposes to justify the creatlon 01 an analysis unlt: the duality 01 publlc poücy. It argues that thls analysis unít can reveal the rules and resources 01 techno-bureaucratic structure, and values relating to polítical actlon, which in turn affect the technical-bureaucratlc structure. The paper presents (i) a theoretical synthesis 01 lhe analytical approach used, the theory 01 structuratíon (Giddens, 1978, 1989), (ii) a brief literature review about the publíc pollcy concept, (iii) a brlef discussion about the controversy methodoloqical theory 01 structuratíon as well the analysis unlt proposed and its analysis model. The methodoloqlcal relerence 01 the article is the technology dualíty, conceíved by Wanda Orlikowski (1992). Finally, some considerations are made on the relevance of an analytical model that includes bolh technical and moral aspects.

Keywords

• publíc potlcy
• structuration theory
• methodology