O CONTROLE SOCIAL POR MEIO DA TRANSPARÊNCIA ATIVA E PASSIVA NO ENFRENTAMENTO À CORRUPÇÃO

SOCIAL CONTROL THROUGH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TRANSPARENCY IN COPING WITH CORRUPTION

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2021.56.9489

Keywords:

Public administration, External control, Corruption

Abstract

The present work has as its theme the active and passive transparency as a tool for the exercise of social control in a democratic state of law in the light of participatory citizenship and the law of access to information. As a central problem the following question: Considering the prerogative of the democratic State of law, does the effectiveness of the law of Access to information have an end in itself for the exercise of social control as a way of coping with corruption? It aims to demonstrate that the importance of participatory citizenship in the conception of a democratic state of law; To identify whether the access to Information Act is a direct way of exercising social control; and analyze the challenges and effectiveness of the access to Information Act after its entry into force in relation to compliance with the requirements of the parameters of transparency and coping with corruption. For this, we used as a parameter the data from the last report made available by the Court of Auditors of Rio Grande do Sul in relation to the municipalities of the state. The methodology used was the bibliography, and also used the visitation process on the website of the Court of Auditors of Rio Grande do Sul. Thus, it is concluded that active and passive transparency are tools of means to effectise social control and, in effect, to inhibit the practice of corruption in public management.

Author Biographies

Ana Paula Cordeiro Krug, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC

Mestranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito - Mestrado e Doutorado da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, na linha de Constitucionalismo Contemporâneo. Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisa sobre a sociedade de riscos e Democracia Radical: a formatação de políticas públicas a partir de decisões, coordenado pelo Prof. Dr. Rogério Gesta Leal. Assessora do Ministério Público Estadual – Promotoria Criminal de Santa Cruz do Sul. Professora do Curso de Direito da Faculdade Dom Alberto de Santa Cruz do Sul/RS.

Rogério Gesta Leal, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC

Professor titular da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul e na Faculdade de Direito da Fundação Escola Superior do Ministério Público. Doutor em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina e Universidade de Buenos Aires. Desembargador do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Titular da Quarta Câmara Criminal. Coordenador do Grupo de Pesquisa sobre a sociedade de riscos e Democracia Radical: a formatação de políticas públicas a partir de decisões. 

Published

2021-12-16

How to Cite

Cordeiro Krug, A. P., & Gesta Leal, R. (2021). O CONTROLE SOCIAL POR MEIO DA TRANSPARÊNCIA ATIVA E PASSIVA NO ENFRENTAMENTO À CORRUPÇÃO: SOCIAL CONTROL THROUGH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TRANSPARENCY IN COPING WITH CORRUPTION. Law in Debate Journal, 30(56), 6–13. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-6622.2021.56.9489