Participation, Local Development and Public Policy: Strategies Articulated to Overcome Poverty

Authors

  • Antonio David Cattani UFRGS - Rio Grande do Sul - RS
  • Adriane Vieira Ferrarini Unisinos – PPGCS

Abstract

This article analyzes the possibility for public policy in the field of urban planning to help overcome poverty to the degree to which the policy incorporates strategies linked to local development and participative methodologies. The empiric study was conducted in the Integrated Program for the Recovery of Degraded Areas (PIRAD), undertaken by the State Foundation for Metropolitan and Regional Planning (Metroplan) in Rio Grande do Sul State. It involved document analysis, participant observation, semi-structured interviews with technicians and beneficiaries, and a case study in one of the communities involved. The articulation between public policy, local development and participative methodologies generated results that contribute to a sustainable and liberating overcoming of poverty by strengthening the participation of the population as co-administrators of the program, of the activation of local resources and of articulation of sectorial actions in the territory.

Author Biography

Adriane Vieira Ferrarini, Unisinos – PPGCS

Doutorado em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), com período sanduíche na Universidade de Coimbra. Orientador: Boaventura de Sousa Santos Professora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos).

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Published

2010-11-19

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2010): Serviço Social e pobreza

Section

Thematic space

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