Abstract
This article aims to analyze conceptually the following variables influencing the formation of neoliberal governance in urban regimes in Brazil: the conceptual assumptions of the Hayekian neoliberalism; the role of Social Organizations and of Civil Society Organizations of Public Interest (known as Oscips), which arose from the managerial reform of Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s government; the various private management instruments operating in the State, in the dimensions related to management and public policies, including Public-Private Partnerships and concession schemes; the privatizing pillars of the Brazilian political system; and the financialization of urban policies and instruments. It is concluded that all these instruments overlap with public planning in Brazil, making the governance of urban systems be similar to what Dardot and Laval (2016) called "business governance".
neoliberal governance; metropolises; managerial reform; financialization and business governance