Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:13:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006-Cristhiane Oliveira da Graca Amancio.pdf: 1858390 bytes, checksum: 6b5869847eda4e5e2d9679be5ecd9d3d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-07-19 / This study aimed to study the effect that the "Reflect-Action" approach, spread out by the C?rculo Internacional Reflect-A??o (CIRAC), brought for the empowerment, creation and strengthening of the social capital in two rural communities from the agrarian reform, in the county of Tracunha?m, state of Pernambuco. Our theoretical reference was based on the contributions that the Freireana popular education brought for the construction of methodologies of intervention based on the empowerment of the groups, creation and strengthening of the social capital. Considering the rural world, its particularities and the deep changes observed in its daily routine, particularly in the context of the settlements from the agrarian reform, we tried to understand the strategies reproduced or created by the settlers to insert themselves in a more sustainable way in the relationship with the State, markets, and the civil society. The research was carried out through half-structured interviews, focal groups, and participant observation conducted during a two years interval. We concluded that groups that built a more interactive action with the technical-economic initiatives of entourage and those of participative educational character tended to build social stronger relations of solidarity, reciprocity, and confidence, which resulting in a significant expansion of the conditions for generating social capital. The expansion of such abilities and the development of the individual capacities promoted and increased the bargaining power, contraposition and claim of these groups aiming a more harmonious economic, social, cultural, and environmental development. / Este trabalho visa estudar os efeitos que a abordagem Reflect-Action , difundida pelo C?rculo Internacional Reflect-A??o (CIRAC), trouxeram para o empoderamento, cria??o e fortalecimento do capital social em duas comunidades rurais, fruto da reforma agr?ria, no munic?pio de Tracunha?m em Pernambuco. Nosso referencial te?rico se fundamentou nas contribui??es que a educa??o popular freireana trouxeram para a constru??o de metodologias de interven??o com base no empoderamento dos grupos, cria??o e fortalecimento do capital social. Considerando o mundo rural, suas particularidades e as profundas altera??es que se observam no seu cotidiano, particularmente no contexto dos assentamentos de reforma agr?ria, procurou-se compreender as estrat?gias reproduzidas ou criadas pelos assentados para se inserirem de maneira mais sustent?vel nas rela??es com o Estado, com os mercados e com a sociedade civil. A pesquisa foi realizada com base em entrevistas semi-estruturadas, grupos focais e observa??o participante, realizadas durante o intervalo de dois anos. Pudemos concluir que grupos que constroem uma a??o mais interativa entre as iniciativas de acompanhamento t?cnico-econ?mico e as de car?ter educacional participativo tenderam a construir rela??es sociais de solidariedade, reciprocidade e confian?a mais fortes, o que acarretou em expans?o das condi??es de gera??o de capital social de forma significativa. A expans?o destas habilidades e o desenvolvimento das capacidades dos sujeitos foram capazes de promover e aumentar o poder de barganha, contraposi??o e reivindica??o destes grupos, com vistas ao desenvolvimento econ?mico, social, cultural e ambiental local de forma mais harmoniosa.