Capacidades estatais para a provisão de políticas públicas de esporte e lazer para pessoas com deficiência: os casos de Belo Horizonte e Lisboa

Abstract

Social public policies aimed at people with disabilities are part of a global context of legislative achievements that guaranteed a series of rights to this part of the population, mainly in the areas of health, education, leisure, sport, housing and work. In Brazil, which adopts a federative and decentralized system, local governments are federated entities with political, fiscal and administrative autonomy, responsible for implementing policies for people with disabilities. In Portugal, a country with a Unitary State, there is a central regulation of public policies, including those aimed at people with disabilities, with local power represented by Municipal Councils and with administrative responsibilities for the implementation of these policies. This study aims to analyze the state capacities available and mobilized to provide public sports and leisure policies for people with disabilities, in two local governments, Belo Horizonte and Lisbon. This is a comparative case study, with observational, descriptive and analytical qualitative research, which used semi-structured interviews, field visits and document analysis as data collection techniques. In this study, 6 managers from the Municipal Department of Sports and Leisure of the Municipality of Belo Horizonte, 6 managers from the Department of Sports and Physical Activity of the Lisbon Municipal Council and 2 responsible for civil society associations that implement public health policies were interviewed in person sport and leisure for people with disabilities in the city of Lisbon. 13 documents from Belo Horizonte City Hall and 36 documents from Lisbon City Council were also analyzed. To process the data, content analysis was used as an interpretation method. Both cases studied presented an institutional arrangement in place, with a well-defined bureaucratic, organizational and physical structure, in addition to a legal framework that highlights the rights of people with disabilities and makes local authorities responsible for implementing public sports and leisure policies for people with disabilities. deficiency. Both cities provide services for people with disabilities in sports and leisure, both in an inclusive context and in specific programs for people with disabilities. In Belo Horizonte, the implementation takes place predominantly directly by the public authorities and in the case of Lisbon, the execution itself occurs predominantly by civil society with resources from the public authorities. In Belo Horizonte, there is a notable presence of interns in the bureaucratic framework, with weak financial capacity, which reflects on the ability to expand and expand services for people with disabilities. On the other hand, active participation of the disability rights council as a social control. In relation to Lisbon, there is a weakness in relation to the participation of people with disabilities in sports and leisure programs, especially in the specific program for this public, and little participation of a rights council for people with disabilities. However, with strength in intersectorality and public-private partnership.