Desenvolvimento e reforma agrária no território zona sul do Rio Grande do Sul: Os impactos dos assentamentos na percepção das famílias.

Abstract

The dissertation analyzes the impacts of the implantation of the establishments on the life and the development of the seated families, in the south area of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was looked for with this study to overcome the currents evaluations of the politics starting from the numbers of his/her execution, providing an evaluation starting from the result the one that intends: the improvement of the conditions of life of the families through the access the earth. For that it was considered the opinion of the families, lifted up starting from the interviews as main analysis instrument. The study was accomplished in two located establishments in different territorial contexts: the establishment Santa Lúcia placed in the municipal district of Candiota - RS, territory of plantation; the Establishment 12 of located July in the municipal district of Canguçu - RS, territory of small properties and strong presence of family agriculture; The results were discussed starting from the five dimensions considered for discussion of the development: social, cultural, economical, environmental and territorial. The data demonstrated a positive impact in the different analyzed dimensions indicating a significant improvement in the quality of life of the seated families. The intensity of these impacts is influenced by the territorial context where the establishments are inserted, since the two cases studied away present similarities, they are differed quantitatively and qualitatively in the analyzed indicators. Other observed impacts refer to the expansion of the proportionate social conscience for the lived process, from the fight for the earth until the life in the establishment. It was verified in that way that the politics of implantation of establishments, although it doesn't provoke significant alterations in the structure land, it alters the life of the seated families significantly, representing a new possibility. Although there is a overcoming effort on the part of the seated families, the development of that politics is limited to the character that delimits her: the one of compensatory social politics.