Capital social e desenvolvimento local: um estudo de caso

• Autor(a) principal: Xavier, Neila Rockenbach
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Manancial - Repositório Digital da UFSM
• dARK ID: ark:/26339/001300000xsn8
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/4617
• topic: Capital social; Desenvolvimento; Ação coletiva; Social capital; Development; Collective action; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ADMINISTRACAO

In order to understand the economic development process of a community had been a long time inspiring the researchers to seek elements that would base it. In this work is discussed how the social capital, known as one of the productive factors of a community help in individual and collective mobilization to achieve commons goals. The social capital characterize by trust and cooperative degree of a collectivity and how much it is presented in a community more favorable to join and civically to contribute with development actions and strategies benefiting all. The social capital as a collective factor is built by individual interests in cooperation among them and, this way, is susceptible to collective action dilemma and opportunism. This work analyzes the concept and the characteristics of social capital, its problems and the relation with local development. It was accomplished a case study at city Não-Me-Toque, based on northwest of the Rio Grande do Sul, to empirically check how the social capital is shown in local politicians and economics leaderships and what contributions have brought to the city development, since this city has a significative industrial park arised from entrepreneurship of its industrials, such as, keeping on agriculture technological vanguard that detach it on national and international scenarium. To elaborate this study was interviewed five politicians and economics people in the leading role from Não-Me-Toque, using as models references the Social Capital Integrate Questionnaire (SOCAP IQ) and Regional Development Hexagon to answer if the social capital will be as induced element of economic development, and the conclusion is that on the city studied this factor is effectively an important local competitive differencial.