O PAPEL DO LEGISLATIVO NA DEFINIÇÃO DA AGENDA GOVERNAMENTAL: ANÁLISE DA PRODUÇÃO LEGISLATIVA NA ASSEMBLEIA DO RN
Legislative power. Legislative Assembly. Formation of the Agenda.
The present dissertation deals with the importance of the role of the Legislative in the definition of the Government Agenda, with the objective of trying to understand how the legislative production of State Representatives contributes to the formation of the governmental agenda in Rio Grande do Norte. As for the methodological aspects, the research has a qualitative approach, it is a case study in the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Norte. The study is based on Kingdom's Multiple Streams Model (2011), considering its analytical categories: Problem Flows, Policy Flows or Solutions, Political Flows, and the Opportunity Window. Data were collected through semi-structured questionnaire-based interviews with senior deputies and / or vice-leaders of Bancadas and heads of offices, as well as the use of 2082 proposals presented at the Potiguar Parliament in 2016. Data verification by means of content analysis, as advocated by Bardin (1977). The results pointed to a context of multiplicity of actions developed in the Parliamentary Offices, problem identification, feedback, formulation and proposal follow-up. There was also an imbalance in the legislative production by mesoregion and difficulties in cost analysis when formulating the requirements. The research also focused on the role that the deputy plays as an articulator in approving and submitting the proposal for inclusion on the agenda. It should be stressed that Parliament occupies a privileged position in the arena of discussion of the process of building the public agenda and parliamentarians play important roles in consolidating the rights of society.