Study goals
To analyze how this typical concept of institutional arrangement -intermunicipal or interstate- has been studied over time. For this purpose, the Scielo, Periódicos Capes (Web of Science, Spell, Scopus) and Google Scholar databases were consulted.
Relevance / originality
Most of the analyzed articles were published in journals classified in the Qualis Capes strata from A1 to A4 This systematic analysis was able to point out the most recurrent themes and the main challenges encountered by public consortia.
Methodology / approach
Systematic review involving quantitative and qualitative steps (mixed methods).
Main results
The results of this selection of works report the scope of consortia as a multi-party institution, providing gains in scale and sharing costs and public investments, in addition to the access of a regional population to policies and programs formulated through consensus.
Theoretical / methodological contributions
Application of mixed methods (descriptive analysis and document analysis).
Social / management contributions
This work reveals the challenge of sustained cooperativism, overcoming political obstacles and, above all, the lack of standardization in the constitution of consortia, making it difficult to replicate.