Política e economia da cultura: a alocação dos recursos públicos municipais.

The research report seeks to articulate political and cultural economy to realize that the expenditure by the municipality express the allocative preferences in terms of cultural policy. The study was in Missoes region in RS, made up of 27 municipalities in the northwest of the state and recognized by the cultural dynamics of the formation of the Guarani Indians Reductions “gathered” by Spanish priests from the seventeenth century. Methodologically were used primary data collected from Court of Auditors for the years 2011 to 2013. From a range of indicators it was concluded that: the towns showed a sharp drop in culture investment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]