O Instituto das eleições diretas para diretor de escolas municipais da Região Metropolitana de Belém

Abstract

This master's thesis aims to research the direct elections for directors of municipal public schools of the Metropolitan Region of Belém (RMB). It aims to analyze how the direct elections legally instituted in the Federal, State and Municipal legal system have been conformed, as well as verify the dilemmas of the nature and institutionality of the direct elections that underlie the contradictions engendered in and by the Democratic State of Right in force in Brazil, With this, the legal system of Greater Belém was analyzed, which deals with the institute of the direct elections, verifying the articulation between the legal systems in the three levels of the Units of the Federation analyzed. The approach of the research is qualitative of the documentary type, because to the extent that the analysis driven by a reality that presents / displays itself unsatisfactory, it is looked for theoretical alternatives that allow reflections and alternatives of change of this reality, it analyzes the legal order of each municipality Of the RMB, but does not consider the full of documents, but only the devices that deal with the dimension of democratic management and direct elections for school director. The study revealed how the historical, socio-economic context occurred in the 1980s, especially in the 1990s and 2000 marked substantial changes in legal, political, economic and social structures, in which they interfered in the process of drafting legislation in the three spheres of power Resulting from this process of democratization of management. The study also revealed that the institute of the direct elections for directors competes legally with other forms of choice for this position / function, so that this modality takes effect will depend on the political interest of the constituted executive power, since other forms of provision are foreseen Many of them incompatible and contradictory to the democratization process of the school. It also showed that direct election can, on the one hand, gain characteristics for the democratization of the public school, on the other, it can, depending on who exercises management, base it on authoritarianism and manipulate the community in favor of personal or partisan interests. It was concluded that the fact that the municipality establishes direct elections does not solve the problem of the lack of participation of the community in the management of the school nor does it guarantee an effectively democratic process, but direct election can be one of the important instruments for the democratization of management ; However, the struggle is in need of breaking with the authoritarian and rigid structure of the school, the Secretariat of Education, the Prefectures, and the State, as well as the community articulated to the struggle for public education, demanding compliance with the norms established for Effectiveness of the constitutional principle of democratic management.