O Ceará Moderno: faces e contrafaces da modernização conservadora da era imperialista neoliberal (1987-2018)

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Raylene Maria Fonseca da
• Data de Publicação: 2020
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• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/19089
• topic: Social and Economic Formation of Ceará; Dependent Capitalism; Conservative Modernization; Neoliberal Imperialism; Ceará’s Social Issues; Formação Social e Econômica do Ceará; Capitalismo Dependente; Modernização Conservadora; Imperialismo Neoliberal; Questão Social no Ceará; CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::SERVICO SOCIAL::FUNDAMENTOS DO SERVICO SOCIAL

This thesis aims to analyze the conservative modernization particularities in Ceará, in the neoliberal imperialist capitalism context, contemplating a period that extends from the beginning of Tasso Jereissati’s first administration in 1987 – when Ceará was inserted in the neoliberal cycle of capitalist development –, observing the capital cross-party project in the region, at least until 2018, with Governor Camilo Santana. This investigation was based on Marxist theory, appreciating fundamental categories and key historical dynamics of both Brazilian and Ceará’s social formation. In parallel, this research analyzed documents prepared by Federal and Ceará State Government agencies; and macroeconomic and social indicators. The modernization project of the CIC industrial bourgeoisie, whose course was maintained by following governments, was structured on neoliberal practices expressed in the administrative machinery modernization and in an economic policy that, focused in inserting Ceará in the global market, was based on infrastructure consolidation and investments attraction – using a strong advertising campaign and an agressive incentive policy. It was a conservative modernization deepening, started with colonels in the 20th century second half, since, among other aspects, it remained dependent on the State intervation via tax incentives, keeping a strong land and capital concentration. Ceará State has reinforced its role as an agro-export economy – with emphasis to the exportation of raw materials and non-durable consumer goods such as food and shoes, produced by Ceará workforce overexplotation, wich was expressed in salaries below National and the Brazilian Northeast region averages – as well as maintaining its role as repository for the general reserve in the labor regional division. This specific form of Ceará’s participation in the value valorization process produced a marked economic growth and, also, as a counterpart, a strong impact on its social issues, reproducing historical expressions – such as the rural population migration, low income from work, income concentration, increased informatility and unemployment, a high number of workers in poverty or extreme poverty, precarius housing conditions, low education levels – and producing new manifestations – such as indebted families and increased violence – perceived unevenly in the State mesoregions.