A ausência de gestão democrática para as praças urbanas: análise da participação cidadã na política pública “Adote Rio”

Abstract

Public squares as a locus for the promotion of active urban citizenship through the democratic management of the city is the topic under debate. In this way, and based on the theoretical framework chosen, the following question is set on as the main problem of this research: should public squares be the object of democratic management as a way of promoting the use and participation of residents in these public spaces? Therefore, it starts from the hypothesis that the public square should be the object of public policies of democratic management. This is justified because, in addition to being a space for leisure and landscaping, the square has the inherent social function of being a locus of public appearances with political connotations, especially in terms of destination, which must be in accordance with the will of the residents. This hypothesis will be tested through the analytical study of the program for the adoption of public squares in the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro entitled “Adote Rio”, in order to verify if in this urban governance project there is space for deliberation on the purposes of this policy public among residents or if it just reproduces urban management focused on heritage-private objectives. It is also analyzed whether projects of this nature are capable of making public squares more inviting to the use and permanence of people in public spaces.