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FERREIRA, Rosilda Arruda. Inovações educacionais no âmbito do poder local: os impactos do Programa de Erradicação do Trabalho Infantil (PETI) na política educacional do Município de Vicência - Pernambuco. Ensaio: aval. pol. públ. educ. [online]. 2002, vol.10, n.37, pp.527-543. ISSN 0104-4036.

The aim of the paper is to analyze the changes taking place in Vicência's education (State of Pernambuco, Brazil) as a result of the implementation of the Work Children Elimination Program (Programa de Erradicação do Trabalho Infantil - PETI). The study focuses upon the possibilities of re-configuration of the public policies at local level from the viewpoint of federal governments politics of decentralization. The methodological approach assumes that the interrelation between the objective and subjective aspects constituting of social reality are basics for its understanding. It assesses the impacts of PETI's implementation in Vicência looking at the verified changes in the educational indicator regarding the public education provision, and the subjects' representations of the public management, rural school, amongst others. Despite the existing difficulties, the results disclose that significant changes have been happening in various aspects considered in this study.

Palabras clave : Education Policy; Education Management; Evaluation of Public Policies; Local Power; County Education; Work Children.

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