COLLECTIVE ACTION, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE CITIES: A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY IN ILHABELA, ILHÉUS E FLORIANÓPOLIS

Abstract

In the last two decades, Latin America witnessed the emergence of civil society initiatives aimed at monitoring public administration, qualifying citizen participation, the production and systematization of information, the development of citizen perception surveys. Leading this phenomenon are networks Red de Ciudades Cómo Vamos, Red Latino-americana por Ciudades y Territorios Justos, Democráticos y Sustentables and its related Brazilian network. This work is the result of a master thesis that aimed to understand the extent of the experiences of three Brazilian cities - Florianópolis, Ilhabela and Ilhéus, comprising the Brazilian and Latin American network, understood as collective action and expressing and influencing governance and the accountability system, generating incidence in political institutions and in other areas. The research is a qualitative and interpretive study. Data was collected in loco, in the participation of meetings and workshops that occurred through experiences, as well as conducting 25 interviews with leaders and participating groups, including local government. The analysis model was constructed from the theory of collective action of political mobilization and your analytical category of contencious politics, linking them to references about democratic governance and prospects for associated accountability. The results show the mutual influence between democratic governance and accountability. While they represent new actors in governance, they show strategies for strengthening existing governance channels, demonstrating new possibilities and forms of accountability, such as social. Incidence is observed in areas such as: local agenda, city governance, political institutions, political and electoral debate, public policy, partner organizations and people.