Territorial development and power and management geographic scales- the case of Cooperacana, Porto Xavier-RS

Abstract

This article presents a discussion concerning the territorial development thematic related to the question of power and management geographic scales. The concept of local/regional territorial development is employed, in order to point out power and management relations of a territory, in a local/regional scale, as well as its interaction with actors of others scales. Thus, at a first moment, it will be established a discussion about territorial development beyond the contribution of institutional thickness and the collective territorial innovation in these processes. In a second moment, this discussion will be related to the geographical scales thematic, and as this can contribute for the studies referring to the territorial dynamics of the development. At last, it will be presented in a synthetic form, an empirical study to demonstrate as the scales methodology can help to understanding of the territorial dynamics of the development.