The paths of rural settlements: checking the experiences

Abstract

This paper tries to evaluate the complexity of the process of eight experiences of rural settlements in distinct parts of the State of São Paulo, as regend to their economic, political and organizational development. Each one hada different way of dealing with the process; the organizational aspects operate differently on the economic evolution and there was not a cause-effect relation as far as economic performance, the existence of dissensions and the alternatives of organizations are concerned Disagreement and competion are some of the factors present in the attempt of creating a new way of hie. There can be noticed a significant pressure so that those farmers can integrate themselves m the present agricultural and economic globalization process.