Durante a Primeira Reunião de Presidentes da América do Sul, ocorrida em Brasília, no ano de 2000, representantes dos doze Estados independentes do subcontinente acordaram reunir esforços em um plano para Integração da Infraestrutura Regional Sul-Americana (IIRSA). A importância da integração física para a consecução dos objetivos de integração regional foi reafirmada com o lançamento da iniciativa, de abrangência sem precedentes. A presente dissertação analisa as formas pelas quais a IIRSA, com suas particularidades, pode contribuir para o momento atual da integração regional sul-americana. A fim de dar conta do caráter multiescalar da integração física, foi desenvolvida uma abordagem (multi)territorial para o entendimento dos processos de integração regional e apreensão da multiplicidade de interesses neles envolvidos. / During the First Meeting of South American Presidents, held in Brasília, in 2000, representatives of the twelve independent states of the subcontinent have agreed to join forces in a plan for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA). The importance of physical integration to achieve the goals of regional integration was reaffirmed with the launch of the initiative of unprecedented scope. This study examines the ways in which the IIRSA, considering its particular features, can contribute to the current moment of regional integration in South America. In order to account for the multiscale character of physical integration, a (multi)territorial approach was developed in the analysis of the regional integration processes and the understanding of the multiple interests involved therein.

L’objet de la présente thèse est la lutte contre la pauvreté. Elle cherche à identifier les conditions favorisant la sortie de la pauvreté dans un territoire urbain, ici le quartier de la Petite-Patrie. par une approche territoriale intégrée. S’inscrivant dans la mouvance des multiples initiatives de lutte contre la pauvreté et l’exclusion au Québec, le postulat qui fonde cette recherche est le suivant : la lutte contre la pauvreté par l’approche territoriale intégrée permet : 1) d’instaurer des conditions favorisant la sortie de la pauvreté et 2) de renverser les processus qui mènent à l’appauvrissement des personnes et, du même coup, d’améliorer les conditions et la qualité de vie de celles-ci dans un territoire particulier. Les résultats de cette recherche permettent : 1) de contribuer à la compréhension des dynamiques de lutte contre la pauvreté grâce à une approche considérant les acteurs agissant dans un territoire et, 2) d’éclairer les différents niveaux de conception et de mise en œuvre des politiques et des stratégies d’action, tant au niveau de l’État que de la société civile, sachant que les dispositifs d’intervention intégrés se créent à l’interface des initiatives locales ou régionales et des nouvelles formes de politiques publiques en matière de lutte contre la pauvreté. Les grandes conclusions qui émergent de cette recherche sont au nombre de trois : 1) Si la multidimentionnalité de la pauvreté est acceptée par plusieurs auteurs, on ne peut pas parler d’une seule pauvreté, mais de diverses pauvretés. Les visages de la pauvreté dans le territoire de La Petite-Patrie témoignent de cette diversité des pauvretés, et appellent une variété de stratégies d’action ; 2) Les personnes en situation de pauvreté, en fonction de leurs capacités d’agir, peuvent être appréhendées selon un double profil qui structure de façon importante leur processus de sortie de la pauvreté : le premier groupe rassemble les personnes en situation de pauvreté qui ont des initiatives découlant de leurs capacités d’agir, et le second groupe qui réunit les personnes en situation de pauvreté dont la capacité d’initiative est altérée, apparemment de façon durable, par leurs conditions de vie. Toute stratégie publique de sortie de la pauvreté dans un espace donné devrait alors considérer cette dimension relative aux capacités de rapprochement des individus et des ressources pour soutenir le développement d’une stratégie territoriale intégrée de lutte à la pauvreté plus efficace pour les personnes dont le processus de désaffiliation est plus avancé; 3) Les acteurs de lutte contre la pauvreté dans un territoire, pour réunir les conditions d’une action intégrée et mettre en place des conditions favorables de lutte contre la pauvreté, doivent s’appuyer sur la concertation, les alliances intersectorielles, le leadership inclusif et concerté, les passerelles formelles et fonctionnelles entre acteurs institutionnels, et sur une démarche hybride (emploi et défense des droits) qui constituent des ingrédients fondamentaux pour toute action ou intervention en faveur des personnes en situation de pauvreté vivant dans un cadre territorial défini et accepté par l’ensemble des acteurs locaux. Ce caractère hybride de la démarche permet d’agir de façon différenciée sur les deux groupes de la population. L’intégration est donc avant tout stratégique, c’est-à-dire fondée sur l’articulation d’une pluralité de logique d’action. / The subject of this PhD thesis is the fight against poverty. It aims at identify the conditions that promote transitioning out of poverty within an urban environment- in this case the Petite-Patrie district of Montreal-through an integrated territorial approach (ITA). This research fits into the various initiatives of fighting against poverty and exclusion in Quebec. This research is based on the following fundamental assumption: the use of an integrated territorial approach in the fight against poverty allows: (1) to implement conditions promoting a transition out of poverty and (2) to reverse the processes that lead to poverty, and, at the same time improve standards of living and quality of life of residents of a specific territory. The findings of this research make it possible: (1) to contribute to understanding the various mechanisms of the fight against poverty by considering the various stakeholders in a specific territory, and (2) to highlight the various types of designs and implementations of policies and development strategies, both at the State and Civil society levels, while taking into account that integrated intervention mechanisms should be developed where local and regional initiatives meet /interact with new types of public policies dealing with fight against poverty. The research led to three findings: (1) while most researchers agree that poverty has many dimensions, it is impossible to refer to only one poverty; there are many aspects or types of poverty. The various types of poverty encountered in the Petite-Patrie district support this assumption. It also calls for multiple and relevant strategies; (2) people living in poverty can be assessed according to their abilities to act or react and divided in two groups: the first group cover people living in poverty who take some initiatives according to their abilities to act; the second group cover people whose abilities to act have been reduced, may be permanently, by their living conditions. People’s abilities to act or the lack thereof, will impact the strategies implemented in the fight against poverty. Any public policy dealing with transitioning out of poverty in a specific territory must make sure there are resources available close to the people targeted, in order to support the development of a more effective integrated territorial approach in the fight against poverty when targeting people who are more disenfranchised. (3) In order to promote the prerequisites for an integrated approach in the fight against poverty in a specific territory, the relevant stakeholders must rely on collaboration, on alliances between the various sectors of society, upon an inclusive leadership and upon formal and functional linkages between the various institutions involved. There is also the need to use a dual approach -promoting employment and upholding human rights- two key factors in any intervention targeting people living in poverty in a specific territory, and taken into account by the local stakeholders. This dual approach allows intervening using different ways for the two groups defined. The integrated approach is essentially a strategy for coordinating a variety of measures.

La thèse est consacrée aux politiques énergétiques mises en place par les autorités locales, plus particulièrement au niveau régional. La remise en question des systèmes énergétiques basés sur les énergies fossiles donne aux échelons locaux un rôle de plus en plus important dans ce domaine. En effet, la complexité des systèmes énergétiques impose d'agir au plus près des consommateurs pour maintenir l'équité d'accès et pour adapter la distribution aux besoins et usages. En parallèle, les contraintes environnementales et la recherche d'une exploitation plus raisonnée des ressources disponibles nécessitent une connaissance fine des territoires et de leurs potentialités énergétiques. Dans ce contexte, les autorités locales ont encore du mal à identifier l'ensemble des éléments qui composent les systèmes énergétiques territoriaux et à cerner les contours de ces derniers. L'enjeu essentiel de notre recherche est alors de déterminer leur structure et leur fonctionnement afin de mettre en évidence des leviers institutionnels pouvant être actionnés au niveau local dans le cadre de politiques énergétiques.La première partie de la thèse s'intéresse aux liens existant entre fonctionnement du territoire et problématique énergétique. Nous montrons l'intérêt spécifique de la géographie et de l'approche territoriale pour éclairer cette relation dans la double perspective de l'aménagement du territoire et de la mobilisation des acteurs. La deuxième partie est consacrée à l'identification des instruments mobilisables et actions réalisables par les autorités locales pour maîtriser les consommations et développer les énergies renouvelables. À partir de ces constats, la troisième partie traite plus spécifiquement de l'échelon régional. L'étude des Schémas régionaux du climat, de l'air et de l'énergie (SRCAE) et des Observatoires régionaux de l'énergie montre l'intérêt de ce niveau d'échelle qui peut, par sa position d'interface entre local et global, contribuer efficacement à l'amélioration de la connaissance des territoires. Celle-ci est indispensable à la mise en place d'actions coordonnées entre les acteurs et à l'élaboration de politiques réellement adaptées aux spécificités locales. / The thesis is about French local authorities' energy policies, and more particularly about regional policies. In a context of reassessment of fossil fuel-based energy systems, local authorities have a key role to play. Indeed, energy systems are complex and require to act locally, in order to keep fair access for consumers and to adapt supply to needs and uses. In the same way, environmental constraints and sustainable exploitation of local resources involve to have a good knowledge of territory and of local energy potential. But, local authorities do not know much about boundaries and about components of territorial energy systems. The main purpose of the thesis is to determine structure and behaviour of these energy systems in order to identify public policy incentive levers at local scale.The first part of the thesis deals with the links between land uses, actors' behaviours, political choices and energy consumptions. Here, we point out the specific interest of geography and territorial approach to treat energy issue, both for land planning and for actors' mobilization. In the second part, we identify policy instruments which local authorities should dispose and actions they should implement in order to develop energy saving and renewables. Then, the third part is more specific to regional level. The analysis of two French planning instruments (Regional Plans for Climate, Air and Energy and Regional Energy Observatories), shows the interest of this scale which could, with its position between national and local levels, contribute to improve knowledge of territories, to coordinate local actions and to develop energy policies adapted to local specificities.

L’objet de la présente thèse est la lutte contre la pauvreté. Elle cherche à identifier les conditions favorisant la sortie de la pauvreté dans un territoire urbain, ici le quartier de la Petite-Patrie. par une approche territoriale intégrée. S’inscrivant dans la mouvance des multiples initiatives de lutte contre la pauvreté et l’exclusion au Québec, le postulat qui fonde cette recherche est le suivant : la lutte contre la pauvreté par l’approche territoriale intégrée permet : 1) d’instaurer des conditions favorisant la sortie de la pauvreté et 2) de renverser les processus qui mènent à l’appauvrissement des personnes et, du même coup, d’améliorer les conditions et la qualité de vie de celles-ci dans un territoire particulier. Les résultats de cette recherche permettent : 1) de contribuer à la compréhension des dynamiques de lutte contre la pauvreté grâce à une approche considérant les acteurs agissant dans un territoire et, 2) d’éclairer les différents niveaux de conception et de mise en œuvre des politiques et des stratégies d’action, tant au niveau de l’État que de la société civile, sachant que les dispositifs d’intervention intégrés se créent à l’interface des initiatives locales ou régionales et des nouvelles formes de politiques publiques en matière de lutte contre la pauvreté. Les grandes conclusions qui émergent de cette recherche sont au nombre de trois : 1) Si la multidimentionnalité de la pauvreté est acceptée par plusieurs auteurs, on ne peut pas parler d’une seule pauvreté, mais de diverses pauvretés. Les visages de la pauvreté dans le territoire de La Petite-Patrie témoignent de cette diversité des pauvretés, et appellent une variété de stratégies d’action ; 2) Les personnes en situation de pauvreté, en fonction de leurs capacités d’agir, peuvent être appréhendées selon un double profil qui structure de façon importante leur processus de sortie de la pauvreté : le premier groupe rassemble les personnes en situation de pauvreté qui ont des initiatives découlant de leurs capacités d’agir, et le second groupe qui réunit les personnes en situation de pauvreté dont la capacité d’initiative est altérée, apparemment de façon durable, par leurs conditions de vie. Toute stratégie publique de sortie de la pauvreté dans un espace donné devrait alors considérer cette dimension relative aux capacités de rapprochement des individus et des ressources pour soutenir le développement d’une stratégie territoriale intégrée de lutte à la pauvreté plus efficace pour les personnes dont le processus de désaffiliation est plus avancé; 3) Les acteurs de lutte contre la pauvreté dans un territoire, pour réunir les conditions d’une action intégrée et mettre en place des conditions favorables de lutte contre la pauvreté, doivent s’appuyer sur la concertation, les alliances intersectorielles, le leadership inclusif et concerté, les passerelles formelles et fonctionnelles entre acteurs institutionnels, et sur une démarche hybride (emploi et défense des droits) qui constituent des ingrédients fondamentaux pour toute action ou intervention en faveur des personnes en situation de pauvreté vivant dans un cadre territorial défini et accepté par l’ensemble des acteurs locaux. Ce caractère hybride de la démarche permet d’agir de façon différenciée sur les deux groupes de la population. L’intégration est donc avant tout stratégique, c’est-à-dire fondée sur l’articulation d’une pluralité de logique d’action. / The subject of this PhD thesis is the fight against poverty. It aims at identify the conditions that promote transitioning out of poverty within an urban environment- in this case the Petite-Patrie district of Montreal-through an integrated territorial approach (ITA). This research fits into the various initiatives of fighting against poverty and exclusion in Quebec. This research is based on the following fundamental assumption: the use of an integrated territorial approach in the fight against poverty allows: (1) to implement conditions promoting a transition out of poverty and (2) to reverse the processes that lead to poverty, and, at the same time improve standards of living and quality of life of residents of a specific territory. The findings of this research make it possible: (1) to contribute to understanding the various mechanisms of the fight against poverty by considering the various stakeholders in a specific territory, and (2) to highlight the various types of designs and implementations of policies and development strategies, both at the State and Civil society levels, while taking into account that integrated intervention mechanisms should be developed where local and regional initiatives meet /interact with new types of public policies dealing with fight against poverty. The research led to three findings: (1) while most researchers agree that poverty has many dimensions, it is impossible to refer to only one poverty; there are many aspects or types of poverty. The various types of poverty encountered in the Petite-Patrie district support this assumption. It also calls for multiple and relevant strategies; (2) people living in poverty can be assessed according to their abilities to act or react and divided in two groups: the first group cover people living in poverty who take some initiatives according to their abilities to act; the second group cover people whose abilities to act have been reduced, may be permanently, by their living conditions. People’s abilities to act or the lack thereof, will impact the strategies implemented in the fight against poverty. Any public policy dealing with transitioning out of poverty in a specific territory must make sure there are resources available close to the people targeted, in order to support the development of a more effective integrated territorial approach in the fight against poverty when targeting people who are more disenfranchised. (3) In order to promote the prerequisites for an integrated approach in the fight against poverty in a specific territory, the relevant stakeholders must rely on collaboration, on alliances between the various sectors of society, upon an inclusive leadership and upon formal and functional linkages between the various institutions involved. There is also the need to use a dual approach -promoting employment and upholding human rights- two key factors in any intervention targeting people living in poverty in a specific territory, and taken into account by the local stakeholders. This dual approach allows intervening using different ways for the two groups defined. The integrated approach is essentially a strategy for coordinating a variety of measures.

O Programa Territórios da Cidadania foi implementado em 2008, com a proposta de dar continuidade à consolidação da abordagem territorial do desenvolvimento rural iniciada pelo Programa Nacional de Desenvolvimento Sustentável dos Territórios Rurais, lançado em 2003. O Programa Territórios da Cidadania surgiu como uma resposta às críticas em torno do viés setorial e estritamente focado na agricultura familiar promovido pelos Territórios Rurais. Assim, o Programa Territórios da Cidadania teria o importante objetivo de universalizar as políticas sociais em torno de um planejamento territorial voltado a promoção do Desenvolvimento Territorial Rural Sustentável. Os objetivos em questão seriam concretizados através da integração entre as ações ministeriais, e a coordenação da política nas três esferas de governo. Tal processo valorizaria os pressupostos da multidimensionalidade, das múltiplas escalas de poder e seria calcado na ampla participação popular. Assim, temos como objeto de estudo o Território da Cidadania Vale do Ribeira SP. O território em questão possui uma diversidade sociocultural única, marcada pelas diversas investidas de ocupação territorial tanto por migrantes brasileiros como por estrangeiros. Aliado a este fenômeno, as características geográficas, e as condicionantes políticas regionais, foram determinantes na manutenção da biodiversidade da Mata Atlântica na região, que hoje forma o principal corredor deste bioma no Brasil. O Território da Cidadania Vale do Ribeira é marcado por diversas tentativas de execução de planos e ações tanto por parte do poder público como por iniciativas das organizações sociais. Entretanto, as propostas foram executadas de forma dispersa e intermitente, não se traduzindo na socialização das externalidades positivas propostas pelos planos e ações e mantendo o quadro regular de indicadores econômicos e sociais. Na virada do milênio, as dinâmicas socioeconômicas do Território do Vale do Ribeira apontam para uma variação das atividades produtivas, decaindo a importância do setor agrícola e o aumento quantitativo em torno setor de serviços, além de uma relativa melhora dos indicadores sociais e econômicos, dinâmicas estas motivadas pelo aumento das inversões públicas na região que foram intensificadas no início dos anos 2000. A partir deste contexto, os objetivos desta dissertação passaram pela compreensão dos desafios e perspectivas que emergiram com a implementação dos programas territoriais no Território da Cidadania Vale do Ribeira, em especial o Programa Territórios da Cidadania. Os resultados desta dissertação mostram que o programa em evidência não efetivou os objetivos propostos na sua formulação. Ao contrário, a implementação do programa foi marcada pela desmobilização generalizada da participação popular e do poder público, refletindo no retrocesso da perspectiva territorial como uma categoria de política pública orientada ao desenvolvimento do meio rural. O reflexo deste processo identifica que as poucas inovações obtidas com a implementação do Programa Nacional de Desenvolvimento Sustentável dos Territórios Rurais foram perdidas, havendo assim um retrocesso no uso do discurso da abordagem territorial. Este resultado tem como fatores determinantes as relações assimétricas de poder, bem como o contexto do poder público local marcado pela resistência a mudanças na forma de planejar o uso dos recursos públicos e pelos conflitos político-partidários reproduzidos por gestores públicos e lideranças locais. / The Citizenship Territories Program was implemented in 2008, with the proposal to extent the consolidation of territorial approach to rural development initiated by Rural Territories for Sustainable Development National Program released in 2003. Furthermore, the The Citizenship Territories Program emerge as a response to criticism about sector bias and strictly focused on Family farming. This, the Citizenship Territories Program would have de importance role of universal social policies around a territorial planning aimed at promoting Territorial Rural Sustainable Development. The objectives would be achievement through the integration between ministerial actions and policy coordination in the three governmental spheres. This process would value the assumptions of multidimensionality, the multiple scales of power and would be underpinned by the broad popular participation. Thus, we have as object of studys object the Ribeira Valley Territory Citizenship, located in southeastern portion of State of São Paulo. The territory has a unique socio-cultural diversity, marked by several territorial occupation invested by both Brazilian migrants as by foreigners. The geographic, regional and political constraints, were instrumental maintaining the biodiversity of the Atlantic Florest in the region, that now forms the main ecological corridor of this biome in Brazil. The Ribeira Valley Territory Citizenship is marked by several attempts to implement plans e actions by both the government as per initiatives of social organizations. However, the proposals have been implemented in a dispersed and intermittent, not translating in the socialization of positive externalities proposed by plans and actions, and keeping the regular framework of economic and social indicators. From the turn of the millennium, socioeconomic dynamics Ribeira Valley Territory show a variation of productive activities, with decreasing the importance of the agricultural and the quantitative increase around service sector, and a relative improvement of social and economic indicators, dynamics driven by increased public investments in the region, intensified in the early 2000. From this context, the objectives of this dissertation passed through the understanding of the challenges and perspectives the emerged with the implementation of regional programs in the Ribeira Valley Territory Citizenship, especially the Citizenship Territories Program. The results show the program not effected the proposed objectives in its formulation. On de contrary, the implementation of the program was marked by widespread demobilization of popular participation and government, reflecting the retreat of the territorial perspective as a public policy category oriented to the development of rural areas. The effects process identifies the few innovations achieved with the implementation of the Territories for Sustainable Development National Program were lost, so there is a regression in the use of the discourse of territorial approach. This result has as determinants the asymmetrical power relation as well as the local government context marked by resistance to changes in the way planning the use of public resources and the party-political conflicts played by public officials and local leaders.

O Programa Territórios da Cidadania foi implementado em 2008, com a proposta de dar continuidade à consolidação da abordagem territorial do desenvolvimento rural iniciada pelo Programa Nacional de Desenvolvimento Sustentável dos Territórios Rurais, lançado em 2003. O Programa Territórios da Cidadania surgiu como uma resposta às críticas em torno do viés setorial e estritamente focado na agricultura familiar promovido pelos Territórios Rurais. Assim, o Programa Territórios da Cidadania teria o importante objetivo de universalizar as políticas sociais em torno de um planejamento territorial voltado a promoção do Desenvolvimento Territorial Rural Sustentável. Os objetivos em questão seriam concretizados através da integração entre as ações ministeriais, e a coordenação da política nas três esferas de governo. Tal processo valorizaria os pressupostos da multidimensionalidade, das múltiplas escalas de poder e seria calcado na ampla participação popular. Assim, temos como objeto de estudo o Território da Cidadania Vale do Ribeira SP. O território em questão possui uma diversidade sociocultural única, marcada pelas diversas investidas de ocupação territorial tanto por migrantes brasileiros como por estrangeiros. Aliado a este fenômeno, as características geográficas, e as condicionantes políticas regionais, foram determinantes na manutenção da biodiversidade da Mata Atlântica na região, que hoje forma o principal corredor deste bioma no Brasil. O Território da Cidadania Vale do Ribeira é marcado por diversas tentativas de execução de planos e ações tanto por parte do poder público como por iniciativas das organizações sociais. Entretanto, as propostas foram executadas de forma dispersa e intermitente, não se traduzindo na socialização das externalidades positivas propostas pelos planos e ações e mantendo o quadro regular de indicadores econômicos e sociais. Na virada do milênio, as dinâmicas socioeconômicas do Território do Vale do Ribeira apontam para uma variação das atividades produtivas, decaindo a importância do setor agrícola e o aumento quantitativo em torno setor de serviços, além de uma relativa melhora dos indicadores sociais e econômicos, dinâmicas estas motivadas pelo aumento das inversões públicas na região que foram intensificadas no início dos anos 2000. A partir deste contexto, os objetivos desta dissertação passaram pela compreensão dos desafios e perspectivas que emergiram com a implementação dos programas territoriais no Território da Cidadania Vale do Ribeira, em especial o Programa Territórios da Cidadania. Os resultados desta dissertação mostram que o programa em evidência não efetivou os objetivos propostos na sua formulação. Ao contrário, a implementação do programa foi marcada pela desmobilização generalizada da participação popular e do poder público, refletindo no retrocesso da perspectiva territorial como uma categoria de política pública orientada ao desenvolvimento do meio rural. O reflexo deste processo identifica que as poucas inovações obtidas com a implementação do Programa Nacional de Desenvolvimento Sustentável dos Territórios Rurais foram perdidas, havendo assim um retrocesso no uso do discurso da abordagem territorial. Este resultado tem como fatores determinantes as relações assimétricas de poder, bem como o contexto do poder público local marcado pela resistência a mudanças na forma de planejar o uso dos recursos públicos e pelos conflitos político-partidários reproduzidos por gestores públicos e lideranças locais. / The Citizenship Territories Program was implemented in 2008, with the proposal to extent the consolidation of territorial approach to rural development initiated by Rural Territories for Sustainable Development National Program released in 2003. Furthermore, the The Citizenship Territories Program emerge as a response to criticism about sector bias and strictly focused on Family farming. This, the Citizenship Territories Program would have de importance role of universal social policies around a territorial planning aimed at promoting Territorial Rural Sustainable Development. The objectives would be achievement through the integration between ministerial actions and policy coordination in the three governmental spheres. This process would value the assumptions of multidimensionality, the multiple scales of power and would be underpinned by the broad popular participation. Thus, we have as object of studys object the Ribeira Valley Territory Citizenship, located in southeastern portion of State of São Paulo. The territory has a unique socio-cultural diversity, marked by several territorial occupation invested by both Brazilian migrants as by foreigners. The geographic, regional and political constraints, were instrumental maintaining the biodiversity of the Atlantic Florest in the region, that now forms the main ecological corridor of this biome in Brazil. The Ribeira Valley Territory Citizenship is marked by several attempts to implement plans e actions by both the government as per initiatives of social organizations. However, the proposals have been implemented in a dispersed and intermittent, not translating in the socialization of positive externalities proposed by plans and actions, and keeping the regular framework of economic and social indicators. From the turn of the millennium, socioeconomic dynamics Ribeira Valley Territory show a variation of productive activities, with decreasing the importance of the agricultural and the quantitative increase around service sector, and a relative improvement of social and economic indicators, dynamics driven by increased public investments in the region, intensified in the early 2000. From this context, the objectives of this dissertation passed through the understanding of the challenges and perspectives the emerged with the implementation of regional programs in the Ribeira Valley Territory Citizenship, especially the Citizenship Territories Program. The results show the program not effected the proposed objectives in its formulation. On de contrary, the implementation of the program was marked by widespread demobilization of popular participation and government, reflecting the retreat of the territorial perspective as a public policy category oriented to the development of rural areas. The effects process identifies the few innovations achieved with the implementation of the Territories for Sustainable Development National Program were lost, so there is a regression in the use of the discourse of territorial approach. This result has as determinants the asymmetrical power relation as well as the local government context marked by resistance to changes in the way planning the use of public resources and the party-political conflicts played by public officials and local leaders.