Network of social relations and institutional arrangements of agriculture family in the Mata area of Minas Gerais, Brazil: New ways of governance in public policies?
Abstract
This article seeks to comprehend the interfaces established between social organizations and public policies in the implementation of rural development programs and actions in Brazil. It devotes special attention to the institutional arrangements and social networks built over time in a municipal context, evaluating their effects in relation to the participation and structuring of new forms of governance. The study was conducted in the city of Araponga, in the state of Minas Gerais, through a research anchored in qualitative methods and social net‐ works analysis. Results reinforce the relevance of social networks and local organizations in the access to public policies, pointing out the difficulties encountered by farmers’ organizations in the articulation of different programs.
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