%0 Journal Article %T La comparaison en g¨¦ographie. Contribution ¨¤ partir de l'¨¦tude de la coop¨¦ration intercommunale en France et au Br¨¦sil. A compara o em Geografia: uma contribui o a partir do estudo das pr¨¢ticas de coopera o intermunicipal na Fran a e no Brasil. Comparative Geography: a contribution from the study of practices of inter-municipal cooperation used in France and in Brazil %A Juliana Nunes Rodrigues %J Confins %D 2012 %I Confins %R 10.4000/confins.8062 %X Ce texte porte sur les processus de coop¨¦ration intercommunale qui se d¨¦veloppe en France et au Br¨¦sil. Il prend appui sur des enqu¨ºtes de terrain en France (r¨¦gion Rh ne-Alpes) et au Br¨¦sil (¨¦tat de Rio de Janeiro). Il interroge dans les deux cas l¡¯influence des armatures institutionnelles de l¡¯¨¦tat fran ais et de l¡¯¨¦tat br¨¦silien pour comprendre les particularit¨¦s de la pratique coop¨¦rative entre communes dans ces deux pays. L¡¯objectif est de valoriser la m¨¦thode comparative dans le d¨¦bat concernant le renforcement des ¨¦chelons locaux de gestion et les mani¨¨res diff¨¦rentes de concevoir la coop¨¦ration intercommunale dans deux mod¨¨les d¡¯¨¦tat fort diff¨¦rents. Este texto aborda um conjunto de problem¨¢ticas que se referem ¨¤s pr¨¢ticas de coopera o intermunicipal que se desenvolvem na Fran a e no Brasil. Por um lado, trata-se de retomar algumas conclus es de trabalhos de campo realizados na Regi o Rh ne-Alpes, na Fran a, e no Estado federal do Rio de Janeiro, no Brasil. Por outro lado, s o discutidas quest es relacionadas aos aparatos institucionais do Estado franc¨ºs e do Estado brasileiro, e a maneira como influenciam a concep o, o formato e o funcionamento das estruturas de coopera o intermunicipal nos dois pa¨ªses. O objetivo ¨¦ valorizar o m¨¦todo comparativo em um debate acerca dos desdobramentos espaciais da coopera o intermunicipal e da valoriza o das escalas de gest o local em dois modelos de Estado diferentes. This text discusses a set of issues concerning the processes of inter-municipal cooperation developing in France and in Brazil. On the one hand, it brings back some conclusions explored during the realization of surveys made in the region of Rh ne-Alpes, in France, and in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On the other hand, it examines the influence of the organization of the French and Brazilian States in order to comprehend the particularities of cooperative practices between municipalities in both countries. The objective is to valorise the comparative method, thus expanding the debate about the strengthening of local management structures and the different possibilities of inter-municipal cooperation within two very distinct State models. %K territory %K cooperation %K municipality %K decentralization %K comparison. %K territoire %K coop¨¦ration %K communes %K d¨¦centralisation %K comparaison. %K Rio de Janeiro %K Br¨¦sil %K France %K Rh ne-Alpes %K territ¨®rio %K coopera o %K munic¨ªpios %K descentraliza o %K compara o %U http://confins.revues.org/8062