Capital social e desempenho institucional: o relacionamento entre os agentes da lei federal de incentivo ao esporte

Abstract

The aim of the study is to identify what are the elements of social capital that influence the institutional performance of the Federal Law for Encouragement of Sport, due to the low level of fundraising for sports projects to the law, these relationships between the actors (government, proposer, supporters, pickups and experts in projects). It was adopted a qualitative method, divided into two parts, the first phase of the research was exploratory, as it sought to understand the social mechanisms of functioning of raising funds from the Federal Law of Incentive to Sports. In the second phase, the research was descriptive, as it sought to understand how the social capital elements influence the institutional performance of the Federal Sports Incentive Law. The results presented in the first phase a new configuration in funding mechanisms and relationships within the Federal Law for Encouragement of Sport in the second phase relations were explored and within seven selected items, there was a variation of the importance of the law. In conclusion we found a great relationship on some items and not so well in others, most of the government relations was quoted in a negative way and being the center of dissatisfactions for who regulates the law. Some suggestions have been made to improve institutional performance and thus enforce the law to get more financial resources for the implementation of sports projects.