Maria do Livramento Miranda Clementino

Construção técnico-política de governança metropolitana

This article aims to discuss a pertinent theory to the analysis of problems concerning metropolitan planning and management. It starts from the idea of “adaptive planning” (Clementino and Almeida, 2011) and from the concept of “mal publico metropolitano” (public problems that spread over the metropolitan space) developed by Lacerda (2011) in the formulation of a collective action model for metropolitan areas. It proposes the inclusion of a new element in Matus’ (1996) “overall positive management balance” in order to analyze intergovernmental cooperation for the solution of common problems, particularly in Brazil, and to propose ways to solve the “mal publico metropolitano”. The expectation is to contribute to the debate about urban and metropolitan governance in Latin America based on a new conception that is theoretically and methodologically supported by the concept of collective action, developed from systematization and from relevant and up-to-date literature.

MERCADO DE TRABALHO NAS REGIÕES METROPOLITANAS BRASILEIRAS

The political, economic and social configurations of the last decades of the twentieth century and early twenty-first, modified and set new patterns of organization in society over the years. Female participation in the labor market has notified new proposals for consolidation and confirmation of the role of women in the social environment. Therefore, this article has as its central research proposal, to do an analysis of female participation in the labor market in Brazil metropolitan areas. The data are from the National Sample Survey (PNAD) and were analyzed in the cropping that covers the years 2001 and 2008. Key statistics showed the rise of female participation in the labor market with a higher incidence in the Economically Active Population (EAP) in the years under review. In addition, the female unemployment rate decreased in almost all Brazilian metropolitan areas, by raising the occupancy rate. However, they are a minority in the formal labor market, when compared to men, given the high share of employed unregistered. In addition, they are still minorities _ in occupations of greater social projection, despite a context of increasing in the share over the years. In relation to the occupations of lower social projection they are the majority in all the metropolitan areas. Given the results, there is, of course, selectivity in the labor market in metropolitan areas in Brazil, especially considering the occupation according to gender. In such scenario, it is appropriate to propose more political confirmation of womens work, with full rights guarantees for them and for those who are exposed to noticeably higher degree of exclusion and the right to equality.

Formação, sustentação ou implosão de uma bolha imobiliária? A dinâmica de preços no mercado de imóveis de Natal no período 2005-2010

This paper was motivated by the perception that the rising of house prices in Natal had components that needed to be investigated, among them, the foreign capital influx, especially for application in the sectors of tourism and real estate, and the behavior of mortgage. The aim of this work is to examine the evolution of market prices of properties in the city during the period 2005; 2010. The indicators presented allowed a collection of evidences sufficient to show that: a) there was a bubble in real estate in the triennium 2005; 2007; b) this bubble was not imploded in 2009; 2010, after the 2008 financial crisis, as the upward movement of prices remained.