Associativismo e caprinocultura: políticas públicas e "politicagem" no cariri paraibano.

Abstract

The central objective of this dissertation is to examine how , through a model of rural associativism , connections are woven between an articulation of public policies for increase the production of goat milk and the political elites : names and families of "highlight" the political-electoral scenario in the municipalities of the region of Cariri, at the state of Paraiba. We qualify leaders of associations of goat farmers as social mediators who " negotiate " relationships of political elites with family farmers and associated with the institutional frameworks of stimulus programs to goat's milk . We seek to understand how these negotiations are drawn into a game of power relations classified as " politicagem" that involves the leaders of the associations within the control strategies by local elites who , in turn, result in gains or " punishments " for the associations. Through the analysis of conflict situations , particularly those involving associations of the cities of Sao Sebastiao do Umbuzeiro and Monteiro this study intend to show how the same exalted associations as an innovative means of popular participation in Cariri are intertwined, since its genesis , with political forces that limit any possibility of effective participation of the goat farmers.