Competências, papéis e fun es dos poderes municipais no contexto da administra o pública contemporanea =Powers, roles and functions of municipal authorities within the context of contemporary public administration

Este artigo tem por finalidade apresentar as competências, papéis e fun es municipais no contexto da administra o pública contemporanea, sobretudo a partir do entendimento das fun es dos poderes Legislativo e Executivo como partes inter- dependentes dos governos municipais. Assim, enfoca especialmente a evolu o das novas preocupa es municipais, identificando as fun es que est o ampliando (ou diminuindo) sua importancia no contexto das competências e administra es municipais, apresentando de forma comparativa as despesas por fun es nos municípios brasileiros entre 2006 e 2008, e concluindo com a proposi o de quest es referentes a a es governamentais inovadoras e atributos de projetos inovadores na esfera municipal. The intent of this article is to present municipal powers, responsibilities and functions within the context of contemporary public administration, based in particular on the understanding of legislative and executive powers as interdependent parts of municipal government. Therefore, it focuses especially on the evolution of new municipal concerns, identifying the functions that are expanding (or decreasing) its importance in the context of municipal powers and administration, presenting in a comparative manner the expenses of Brazilian local governments, by functions, between 2006 and 2008, and ending with the proposition of issues in regard to innovative governmental actions and attributes of innovative projects in the municipal realm.