A Inserção internacional das cidades médias na faixa de fronteira: o caso da cidade de Dourados

Abstract

The intensification of the phenomenon of neoliberal globalization in the post-Cold War period and the end of the twentieth century, among other determinants, propelled the subnational entities to act on the international scene, which reveals a new phenomenon known as paradiplomacy, the central theme of this research, which has as problematization the importance of the development of the internationalization of the subnational entities, especially the local ones, in the case, Dourados. The general objective is to analyze the international insertion of the medium cities located in the border zones, based on the case study of the municipality of Dourados. As specific objectives: i) to present a theoretical approach on paradiplomacy; ii) to examine the socioeconomic potential of the city of Dourados, in the light of paradiplomacy; iii) listing external actions carried out by the organization, evidencing an initiative of insertion in the global scope, iv) verifying the engagement of public actors, particularly the Dourados City Hall, in the formulation and implementation of an international insertion strategy. The methodology of the present work consists of a qualitative research of an exploratory nature based on bibliographical and documentary analysis. As a time frame, the 2001 and 2016 period was established, which makes it possible to verify the lines of des (continuity) and rupture of internationalization. The text is developed in three chapters, in addition to the introduction and final considerations: the first chapter brings the theoretical contextualization on paradiplomacy; the second seeks to demonstrate the potential of the municipality, in the light of paradiplomacy, a medium border city that stands out as the regional capital of the southern cone of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, the gateway to MERCOSUR; while the third and final chapter studies the case of internationalization of Dourados. As a test element the hypothesis that the international insertion of the municipality of Dourados would have occurred in a reactive way, that is, responding to the international flows of commerce, information and people, in the process known as "globalization". It is observed that the municipality does not have a structured bureaucratic body nor a plan of actions for interlocution in international relations, and with this it loses odd opportunities. This is demonstrated by the fact that Dourados, formerly associated with the Educating City Network and the Mercocities Network, does not present a record of active participation within these and / or other organisms in the international sphere.