Contemporary public governance: structural challenges, technological innovations and the new state-society pact in Brazil
Contemporary public governance: structural challenges, technological innovations and the new state-society pact in Brazil
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https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i1.2025.1153Keywords:
public governance; government innovation; social participation; public management; public policies.Abstract
This study analyzes contemporary public governance in Brazil, highlighting its relevance in the face of historical challenges, regional inequalities, and technological transformations. The objective is to investigate public management in the current context, identifying structural obstacles and evaluating innovative strategies and tools aimed at improving efficiency, participation, and transparency in the relationship between the State and society. This is an explanatory research, guided by the deductive method, which employed bibliographic and documentary research with a qualitative and interpretative approach, based on recent national and international authors. The main findings show that, although Brazil has been incorporating digital technologies and participatory instruments, it still faces structural, cultural, and federative barriers that limit the effectiveness of public policies. There are inequalities in the technical capacity among municipalities, weaknesses in organizational culture, and low institutionalization of participatory mechanisms, while local experiences and cross-sectoral arrangements emerge as promising paths. It is concluded that modernizing public management requires more than technological innovation, demanding profound cultural changes, strengthening of multilevel governance, and continuous investment in human capital and evaluation instruments, considering governance as a means to build a fairer, more inclusive, and sustainable society.
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