Impactos sociais e econômicos da criação de assentamentos rurais no município de Sossego/PB

Abstract

This Master's Thesis is a case study of a group of social workers who lived in rural work as sharecroppers, day laborers and residents on land of others, in the municipality of Sossego / PB and surroundings. From some public policies, particularly the Land Reform Programme of the Federal Government which resulted in the installation of programs Rural Settlements in the municipality of Sossego, these families came to the condition of farmers. The goal of this dissertation is to analyze the impact of changes in the socio-economic lives of these families, checking and contrasting socio-economic and cultural aspects of before and after becoming settled. Therefore, we analyzed the historical process particular to the lives of this group of families, observing their ways of working and organizing before the occupation of the lots, and those developed after the occupation. The analysis leads us to the study and reflection of the theme in the literature on rural settlements and analyze the collected data through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Finally, the study demonstrates that land reform could produce important changes in the agrarian structure of the municipality of Sossego, besides producing improved quality of life of families settled, having been assessed as positive by each of these families.