Dimensões do agir coletivo contra a pobreza e a exclusão social: ação, poder e comunidade em São Francisco/MG

Abstract

This work show a study about dimensions of collective action found by approximating between the Community space represented by the Catholic Church and some collective demands for rights in the city of São Francisco-MG. Also lists the extension of politics conquest by some habitants of this city through participation in community work performed by the Catholic Church, especially in the most fertile period, 1979-2004. Indeed, it is believed that the collective actions against poverty and social exclusion, taking the Catholic Church in São Francisco as a pedagogical locus in articulating the interests of the institution and the experiences in districts Sagrada Família and Aparecida, can‘t be considered isolated facts, but express a broader historical experience, the historiographical periodization addressed. The research was significant to understand that the collective consciousness of the "right to have rights" is essential condition for overcoming poverty and social exclusion. Particularly we analyze consequences of the development models of the Brazilian economy, which reified through political representative renewed forms of domination, able to maintain our unfinished modernity. Finally, from a survey on the methodology of a qualitative study of the case, it identifies some of the major actions taken by individuals, are in the surrounding space of sociability represented by the Catholic Church, neighborhood or neighborhoods political representation (the Legislative and Executive). Identified it through some sources: statements of citizens (believer and politicians at the municipal level), documents to City Hall of São Francisco, local and state newspapers, Book of Tombo to the Parish of São José, Books of Minutes of meetings of Residents Associations and the Neighborhood Jardim Regalito Aparecida, Sagrada Família and private files Through research, it was realized that, despite the contradictions that are inherent in the Catholic Church through the Community work of Father Vincent Euteneur, meant for many subjects, a locus to achieve their more immediate goals. Thusproving to be valid for a historical understanding of social developmentexperienced in the city of San Francisco / MG.