Geografia e poder local : relações entre os hoteleiros, o poder público municipal e as entidades representativas em Campo Mourão/PR

Abstract

This work aims to identify and analyze the power relations that make up/ form the social network of tourism in Campo Mourão - PR. While local actors have been selected providers of hotel services, the municipal government and the representative entities in Campo Mourão. Organized into three chapters, this work brings in his first chapter theoretical and conceptual clarification, regarding the relations of power, its forms and scales in which they settle. It is also theoretically addressed the articulation of interests and the formation of groups of power with emphasis on economic power, and the relationships of these groups with the State. Concluding the theoretical approaches, there are social networks as a contribution to conceptual analysis to the relations of power. Chapter 2, as well as bibliographic support relies on the analysis of documents, national and State plans for tourism. Through these documents could be verified and influential actors participating in the formulation of policies for the sector. The last topic of the second chapter focuses on and municipal level which sets the power relations of local tourism, dealt with in chapter 3 by conducting semi-structured interviews on local and social relations among actors of the tourism sector. The interviews were conducted with tourist service providers, members of the municipal government and representative entities of tourism in Campo Mourão. The selected sample totals 32 respondents linked to local tourism. Made observations on the most relevant groups and actors, this paper concludes with the identification and analysis of the social network of local tourism.