A atuação do programa territórios da cidadania no estado do Maranhão: uma análise da efetividade em promover o desenvolvimento socioeconômico do Território Médio Mearim, através da gestão social, no período de 2006 a 2012.

Abstract

With the purpose of analyzing the activities of the Territorios da Cidadania Program in Maranhão and in Medio Mearim, this main objectives of the study are to explore how public policies are conceptualized within the framework of the TC Medio Mearim and to verify the social actions and policies implemented by this program as an instrument of regional development, through three dimensions: economic, social and institutional. The Territorios da Cidadania Program, launched in 2008, has as its main objective the universalization of social policies around territorial planning aimed at promoting sustainable development. Such objective would be substantialized by the integration between the ministerial actions and the coordination of the politics in diverse spheres of government and would be based on popular participation. In this context, the purpose of this dissertation was the understanding of the challenges and perspectives emerged with an implementation of the PTC Medio Mearim. The methodology that was used sought initially to identify the concepts of territorial development, addressing a discussion of territories and territorialities, the main institutional thoughts, as well as the elements of governance, with participatory social management, focus of this policy; In addition, it regarded to questions of development policies, through the main conceptions about public policies, with emphasis in the Territorios da Cidadania Program and TC Medio Mearim, which, in turn, was configured in its greatest relevance aspects; The results of this analysis were obtained through the development and application of indicators. A total of five indicators were used, according to the three dimensions (economic, social and institutional). These results suggest that the idea presented in the documents of the Ministry of Agrarian Development (MDA) is convenient, however, it also require more efforts, other factors and more effectiveness in its practice in order to boost the development of the region. Thus, the program in evidence does not make the objectives proposed in its formulation effective and its implementation was marked by the generalized demobilization of popular participation