Desenvolvimento local: estudo dos municípios de Pato Bragado e São José das Palmeiras no Oeste paranaense (1945-2010)

Abstract

This research aims at analyzing the historical trajectory of development of Pato Bragado and São José das Palmeiras.The administrative region of Toledo is located in the extreme west of Paraná, comprising twenty municipalities.Therefore, when the development is observed in particular local inequalities becomes evident.The cities selected for the study present unequal levels of development, despite belonging to the same region western Paraná and there are many factors that may be responsible for the difference in levels of development between them, so given the historical trajectory, colonization model , ethnicity and quantity of associative organizations. For its realization it was adopted the case study method and the research had descriptive character to show the course of development in the municipalities of sampling and exploratory character.The study had a qualitative and quantitative data collection through primary data and secondary data via research. In order to measure social capital, it was used the survey of number of associative organizations, of which Pato Bragado has a larger number than São José das Palmeiras.The research results reveal that the historical trajectory is crucial to the process of inequality in the studied districts. Pato Bragado was colonized by Maripá Company, which had greater concern with the human element and the structure of small farm land which encouraged the coming of migrant settlers from southern Brazil. And the company Bentheim, colonizing the city of São José das Palmeiras in which the advertisement was grounded on fertility of land and gave priority to the coming of migrants from other parts of the country, mostlyfrom the northern region of Brazil In short, Pato Bragado has a larger local development in relation to this parameter in São José das Palmeiras. Development requires growth in levels of social organization, which has been called social capital, the greater the ability of people to associate around common goals, the greater the social capital indicators and consequently greater will be local development.