Historically, the relationship between popular devotions and the official Catholic Church in Brazil have been permeated by tensions and disputes, due to the official Church aims to maintain its hegemony in the religious ...

This research aims to understand, from a sociological approach, the way in which SENAI, as an institution dedicated to professional qualification and business advices, acted and is acting in Pólo de Confecções de Pernambuco ...

This paper aims to analyse the relation between the countryside and town as well as the rural and urban areas situated in Lagoa Seca, a small town in the Brejo Paraibano whose economic support depends on the production ...

This study is a critical analysis on a sociological basis concerning the public politics towards the management of the water resources in the town of Campina Grande, since this municipal district has had problems in its ...

The text of this dissertation gets support in concepts which help us to think about several social relationships that take part of the life of individuals and groups in general way and, particularly of the farmers which ...

Analyzes the microcredit program Agroamigo Banco do Nordeste from the perspective of beneficiaries in rural communities Amaragi, Almeida, Campinote, Mineiro and Pai Domingos, in the municipality of Lagoa Seca, Paraiba ...

This study aims to analyse how people affected by the construction of dams for hydroelectric power react to these projects. We take as a starting point the littérature on large scale projects and social movements. ...