Restricciones y déficits de capacidad institucional para la cooperación y el asociativismo intermunicipal en la Región Nuevo Cuyo
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2014-04-18
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Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales
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Durante las últimas décadas, los gobiernos locales argentinos experimentaron un proceso de redefinición de sus roles como consecuencia de la globalización, de la crisis del Estado de Bienestar y del proceso de reforma del Estado, a través del cual se dio inicio a un proceso de cesión de funciones desde la administración pública central hacia la esfera gubernativa local. Como consecuencia de este complejo entramado de transformaciones, y en el marco de una creciente municipalización de la crisis política y socioeconómica nacional, las administraciones municipales comenzaron a transformarse en verdaderas gestoras de políticas públicas para la promoción del desarrollo local, lo que supuso el
desarrollo de prácticas orientadas al fortalecimiento y/o adquisición de nuevas capacidades de gestión que permitieran atender a una agenda local ampliada. Debido a que el ámbito de resolución de las problemáticas de ésta nueva agenda municipal excede en la mayoría de los casos los límites territoriales y capacidades individuales de los gobiernos locales, la cooperación y el asociativismo intermunicipal comenzó a emerger como una alternativa para su tratamiento. La presente tesis analiza las capacidades institucionales de la Microrregión Luján de Cuyo – Maipú (Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina) para gestionar programas y proyectos a escala intermunicipal. Dada la variedad de acciones emprendidas por los municipios, se decidió focalizar la investigación en el análisis de tres programas que caracterizan el funcionamiento general de la microrregión, los cuales fueron diseñados y ejecutados por los municipios asociados con el fin de dar respuesta a las principales problemáticas comunes que los afectan: el subdesarrollo económico y turístico local; la disposición final de residuos domiciliarios y la satisfacción de las necesidades de los habitantes de la zona limítrofe interdepartamental.
En función de estos desarrollos, se reflexiona en torno a las restricciones contextuales y déficits de capacidad institucional más relevantes que dificultaron o impidieron la ejecución de los programas seleccionados, a partir de lo cual se proponen criterios para el diseño de una estrategia de fortalecimiento institucional orientada a superar los déficits detectados.
During the past few decades, the local governments in Argentina have experienced a process of redefinition of their roles as a consequence of globalization, of the crisis of The Welfare State and of the State reform process. It was due to this process that an assignment of functions –from the central public administration to the local governmental sphere– took place. As a consequence of these processes, and within a framework of a growing municipalization of the political and socioeconomic crisis in the country, the municipal administrations became implementation units for the promotion of local development. This led to the development of practices aimed at fostering and/or acquiring new managerial abilities that would allow to follow a wider agenda. Due to the fact that the sphere of resolution of the problems of this new municipal agenda in most cases exceed the territorial boundaries and the individual capacities of local governments, cooperation and intermunicipal collaboration started to emerge as an alternative for dealing with these problems. This Thesis analyzes the strengths and weaknesses in institutional capacity of the Micro-region Luján de Cuyo - Maipú (Province of Mendoza, Argentina) to manage programs to an intermunicipal scale. Due to the variety of actions undertaken by the municipalities, it was decided to focus the research on the analysis of three programs that characterize the overall performance of the micro-region, which were designed and implemented by associate municipalities in order to respond to the main common problems that affect them: local economic and tourist underdevelopment, the final provision of domiciliary waste and the satisfaction of the needs of the inhabitants of the bordering interdepartmental area. According to these developments, we reflect on the more relevant restrictions and shortfalls in institutional capacity that complicate or impede the execution of intermunicipal programs in the province. From this starting point, we shall propose different criteria for the planning of a strategy of institutional strengthening
During the past few decades, the local governments in Argentina have experienced a process of redefinition of their roles as a consequence of globalization, of the crisis of The Welfare State and of the State reform process. It was due to this process that an assignment of functions –from the central public administration to the local governmental sphere– took place. As a consequence of these processes, and within a framework of a growing municipalization of the political and socioeconomic crisis in the country, the municipal administrations became implementation units for the promotion of local development. This led to the development of practices aimed at fostering and/or acquiring new managerial abilities that would allow to follow a wider agenda. Due to the fact that the sphere of resolution of the problems of this new municipal agenda in most cases exceed the territorial boundaries and the individual capacities of local governments, cooperation and intermunicipal collaboration started to emerge as an alternative for dealing with these problems. This Thesis analyzes the strengths and weaknesses in institutional capacity of the Micro-region Luján de Cuyo - Maipú (Province of Mendoza, Argentina) to manage programs to an intermunicipal scale. Due to the variety of actions undertaken by the municipalities, it was decided to focus the research on the analysis of three programs that characterize the overall performance of the micro-region, which were designed and implemented by associate municipalities in order to respond to the main common problems that affect them: local economic and tourist underdevelopment, the final provision of domiciliary waste and the satisfaction of the needs of the inhabitants of the bordering interdepartmental area. According to these developments, we reflect on the more relevant restrictions and shortfalls in institutional capacity that complicate or impede the execution of intermunicipal programs in the province. From this starting point, we shall propose different criteria for the planning of a strategy of institutional strengthening
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Gobierno local, Capacidad estatal, Administración pública, Políticas públicas, Cooperación regional, Políticas públicas