Desenvolvimento territorial em extrema pobreza: o caso do território rural dos lençóis maranhenses/Munim

Abstract

The current work aims to analyze the strategy of territorial Rural Development carried out by MDA/SDT in the Território Rural dos Lençois Maranhenses. To do this, we use as criteria for examining the theoretical concepts on which rests this development strategy, that is, the idea of social capital and territory. Upon search the field, we held through interviews with different benefited actors directly with this policy and with benefited actors from the tourist activity, it was found that the sense of belonging of social actors of the Território Rural dos Lençois Maranhenses/Munim - a basic concept in the manifestation of the capital - occurs through the inclusion of them in tourist activities. Thus, we raise the hypothesis that for the case, the chances of success of such a policy, the way it is designed, are small, due to disregard, for the diagnosis before the implementation of that policy in a dimension of capital social which can be complemented with the theory of sites.