A trajetória do sindicalismo rural na Paraíba: um estudo sobre as relações entre o Estado e os Sindicatos de Trabalhadores Rurais no período entre final da década de 50 e final da década de 70.

Abstract

This dissertation retakes the track of the rural syndicalism in Paraiba, focusing its relation to the State. In this relationship, the ideological aspecto is emphasized; therefore, the syndical structure, itself, is seen as part of a theoretical model. On searching for a wider understanding on how the institucionalization of the peasant movement by the State occurred, it was necessary to analyse the syndical movement as opposed to other peasant organizations - the "Ligas" - as well as the involvement of other social forces in the process, such as the Catholic Church and the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB). This research comprises a period that goes from the and of 50's to the leginning of the 60's, when there was the maturation of the "Ligas Camponesas" and the foundation of solidification of the corporative model in the rural envioronment. We have chosen the "Canavieira" area of Paraíba to be the corpusof this work because sugar cane is the main agricultural activity of the State, where the modern industrial "sucro alcooleiro" area is situated, but, above all, because this region has ecen historically considered as a great focus of social conflicts that have ecen diepened and taken as a whok sina the 50's. In our research we emphasize the memory of the social movement through the testimony of some of the main characters (leaders and assistants) who biult up the history of the paraibano rural suyndicalism, as well as, through documents written by the syndical movement itself in its several stages. In order to give the analysis a wider view, we have consulted some authors who deal with the history of the social movements in the country as well as those who focus just on ideological and theretical aspect.