Análise do impacto da competição eleitoral na responsividade do Governo do Município da Matola (2013-2020)

Abstract

This research integrates the role of parties and electoral competition in the formulation of public policies in Mozambique, particularly in the Municipality of Matola. However, we sought to analyze the impact of electoral competition on Matola municipal government responsiveness, from 2013 to 2020, based on the municipal elections of 2013 and 2018. This research has started from the assumption that the more electoral competition, the better the government responsiveness to the preferences of the citizens of Matola. To materialize the analytical process of this assumption, we based on the multidimensiona approach of political competition. In the metodological terms, the research combined qualitative and quantitative approaches, and for data collection, we resorted to documental and bibliographic researches, as well as semi-strutured interviews, and for the analysis and sistematization of the data, we resorted to electoral competition indexes, pearson correlation method based on Excel, tabulation and content analysis. According to empirical evidences, we managed to prove that the electoral competition in the municipality of Matola has been increasing, and it has had meaningful impacts in the responsiveness of municipal government. Therefore, we have done the analysis of executive policy promises and policy actions in the municipality of Matola in the periods of 2013 to 2020, comparing to 1998-2012, and it shows that the increasing levels of electoral competition contribute to make Matola municipal government more responsive (and more accountable and interactive) to citizens’ preferences in the municipal management.