Desafios e perspectivas no desenvolvimento de Política Territorial em Vargem Grande-MA:dos territórios rurais de identidade aos territórios da cidadania

Abstract

The objective of this work is to analyze the challenges and perspectives in the development of Territorial Policy in Vargem Grande – MA. Specific objectives included reflecting on the weakening of territorial development policies in Brazil; in addition to analyzing how the Territórios da Cidadania Vale do Itapecuru Program was formed and its current situation. To achieve the results, the methodology used included qualitative and quantitative research through a literature review, employing the method of Historical and Dialectical Materialism. After the process of redemocratization in Brazil in 1980, the reopening of political dialogues on numerous demands of the country was made possible. From that moment on, social movements resumed their activities and new movements emerged. The discussion of the centrality of the concept of territory and how it becomes the central focus for thinking about territorial development. Based on the data obtained and theoretical discussion, we realize that territorial development policy must be conceived from the multidimensionality and multiple scales of territory, considering the power relations present within it. The territorial development policy underwent significant institutional dismantling during the 2016 coup and the Bolsonaro government, with discussions and reactivation of territories resuming in 2023, under the Lula government. It was also noted that there are institutional disconnections. There is a need for better coordination among government spheres: federal, state, municipal, and civil society to develop territorial development policies. It was concluded that territorial development policies must be institutionalized as state policy so that actions do not suffer dismantling due to a change of government, nor should civil society become disarticulated