https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ufba/491 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:09:32 GMT 2026-04-17T03:09:32Z http://repositorio.ufba.br:80/xmlui/bitstream/id/aa8591fd-5692-4f81-a1fc-75eac4c72aa5/logo administração.PNG https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ufba/491 https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44368 Nordeste do Brasil - atualidade de uma velha questão: vicissitudes da teoria do subdesenvolvimento regional no contexto do capitalismo contemporâneo Vidal, Francisco Carlos Baqueiro Santos, Reginaldo Souza En esta disertación se buscó como objetivo principal definir la relevancia actual de la cuestión nordestina, que se entiende bajo la óptica de las desigualdades interregionales brasileñas. Por lo tanto la intención inicial fue aprehender el sentido del fenómeno regional y por lo demás elegir un concepto o noción de región para balizar la propia investigación. Se buscó en seguida caracterizar el histórico proceso de subdesarrollo nordestino en sus varios aspectos. Como uno de los objetivos intermediários más importantes de este estudio se buscó establecer con exactitud los términos de la cuestión regional de acuerdo con marcos teóricos, socioeconómicos y político-institucionales de los años 50 del siglo XX, justamente para hacer las diferencias entre estos términos y otros que también se atribuyen a la cuestión regional, especialmente aquellos que se refieren al período histórico que se extiende desde el final del siglo XIX hasta el inicio de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, y que antecede la fase de la intervención estatal planificada en la problemática regional. La caracterización exacta de estos mismos marcos, para los años 90, se ha tornado fundamental para la determinación del contexto actual en que se mueve la cuestión regional, contexto ese muy distinto de aquél de los años 50 y, quizá, en cierto sentido, diametralmente opuesto. La propia naturaleza del trabajo implicó una investigación esencialmente teórica, realizada en fuentes secundarias. Las conclusiones certifican que la cuestión nordestina, a pesar de no disfrutar actualmente de mayores atenciones por parte del Estado brasileño — consecuencia, en gran medida, de los propios valores dominantes en los cuales se apoyan las políticas públicas —, queda válida, es decir, perfectamente verificable en el ámbito de la persistencia de las grandes desigualdades regionales en el país, tendiendo mismo para su institucionalización, salvo alguna reversión política, en amplio sentido. Universidade Federal da Bahia Dissertação Wed, 25 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44368 2001-07-25T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44367 A atuação da Rede Omiosun perante o empreendimento Ponte Salvador – Ilha de Itaparica Souza, Eliana Santos Krieger, Morgana Gertrudes Martins This study aims to analyze the challenges faced by women from the Omiosun Network and other leaders from traditional communities in their social struggles and resistance against the violations of rights perpetrated throughout the process of building the Salvador-Ilha de Itaparica Bridge. The Omiosun Network and other leaders operate in the area of influence of the bridge project, which is understood by the state government of Bahia as a major vector of urban mobility. The research is based on the experiences of the researcher herself as a citizen of this territory and a member of traditional communities that remain there and carry out their religious activities. As a theoretical reference, I drew on Claude Raffestin's concept to understand the state in its design of territorial development policy. From a geographical perspective, I address the constituent elements, which translate into social conflict and power relations present in the territory. Gustavo Lis's literature review led me to an update of a State that feeds on crises and adopts a process based on the logic of capitalist exploitation. In the theoretical field, I emphasize the importance of Milton Santos and Ailton Krenak with their more humanized geography, social transformation, and a different perspective on a possible world beyond the aspects of globalization. The Otra methodology (Harari; Pozzebon, 2024) was adopted as the research paradigm, which is consistent with the research theme when it creates a way of sharing knowledge based on the perspectives and emotions of populations historically silenced by coloniality. As a research strategy, I conducted a case study based on a comparison of the Social Residence, in which I carried out field research through interviews with leaders from the territory of Itaparica Island and the Quilombo de Alcântara Community in Maranhão, as a way of drawing a parallel between the strategies adopted in the territories affected by rights violations, with the aim of immersing myself in the experience of possible paths for social transformation in the territory, based on the experience and lived reality of other communities. As a result, this research provides a reflection on the risks, limitations, and challenges of the Omiosun Women's Network of Itaparica Island in dealing with the state's strategies for implementing the West Road System (SVO) Salvador Bridge Itaparica Island project. The social technology in this project is an audiovisual product with the narratives of the people interviewed who were directly and indirectly impacted in the territories studied, Alcântara Territory and Itaparica Island. This product will help the Omiosun Women's Network, universities, public administration, and the entire community of Itaparica Island to leverage public policies aimed at traditional peoples and communities. Universidade Federal da Bahia Dissertação Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44367 2025-10-31T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44291 Vulnerabilidade do consumidor idoso no uso de serviços financeiros digitais Silva, Adeline Cardoso de Souza Vera, Luciana Alves Rodas Alongside the emergence of new technologies mediating commercial relations in contemporary society, the increase in the Brazilian elderly population implies transformations in the country's consumption patterns. Faced with this trend and the growing digitalization of commercial transactions, this dissertation consists of a qualitative study on the vulnerability of elderly consumers in the use of digital financial services. Conducted in 2025 in the city of Salvador, Bahia, its central objective was to understand how the digitalization of financial services can produce states of vulnerability in elderly female consumers. To this end, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the voluntary participation of thirteen women, aged 80 and over, residing in Salvador, Bahia, and with an income of up to one minimum wage from social security or informal sources of income. The research is justified by the ongoing population aging in the country in conjunction with the increasing digitalization of financial transactions. The collected data were processed and analyzed using thematic analysis. The results showed the prevalence of dependence on family members and bank branches in the financial routines of these consumers. The main barriers encountered for autonomous digital access included low levels of education, limited digital skills, self-perception of incapacity, feelings of insecurity in the digital environment, as well as reduced physical and cognitive capabilities. Coping mechanisms for vulnerability included the termination of banking relationships, dependence on third parties, refusal to use technology, as well as continuous learning, information seeking, security measures in the digital environment, and engagement with digital technologies. Finally, the importance of understanding the needs of older adults in the context of consumption in the face of ongoing population aging is highlighted, aiming at the reformulation of more inclusive public policies and the promotion of actions focused on the well-being and quality of life of the Brazilian elderly population. Universidade Federal da Bahia Dissertação Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44291 2026-02-06T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44290 Gastos com gestão de recursos naturais nos municípios brasileiros e impacto nas eleições no período de 2015 a 2024: uma análise à luz da teoria da Escolha pública Oliveira, Nverson da Cruz Silva, Lindomar Pinto da The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between spending on natural resource management and the political ideologies of Brazilian municipal managers from 2015 to 2024, as well as to analyze the influence of this spending on reelection trends in the 2016 and 2020 elections, in light of Public Choice Theory. The research was based on the central premise of Public Choice Theory, according to which political agents act driven by rational incentives aimed at maximizing political utility, guiding their decisions more by strategic calculations and electoral demands than by ideological convictions. Thus, Brazilian municipalities between 2015 and 2024 were analyzed using panel data techniques and Difference-in-Differences models, evaluating how managers from different ideological spectrums manage environmental spending volumes. The results show that total expenditures influence environmental spending, while party ideology does not show statistical significance. Mayors from the left, center, and right exhibit similar levels of environmental spending, contradicting the expectation that progressive leaders would allocate more resources to the sector. Causal estimates indicate no effect of switching to left-wing mayors on environmental spending. Findings regarding reelection reveal that, although there is a positive association between environmental spending and reelection, this effect is modest when compared to the substantial impact of total expenditures, suggesting that the electorate responds more to broad and visible policies than to specific investments in sustainability. Additionally, content analysis of party platforms shows that all parties incorporate, to a greater or lesser degree, references to the environment, although with different emphases. The left prioritizes normative statements, while center and right-wing parties present a greater volume of mentions distributed among categories of environmental management and territorial sustainability. However, such discursive differences do not translate into practical differences in municipal spending, reinforcing the Public Choice Theory argument that environmental discourses function as instruments of political signaling intended to capture the approval of the median voter, but have a low capacity to guide budgetary decisions. This study contributes to the literature by showing that party ideology, by itself, does not determine environmental spending patterns in Brazilian municipalities. By revealing that managers from different ideological spectrums exhibit similar fiscal behaviors in this domain, the results reinforce the analytical utility of Public Choice Theory. This theory allows us to understand that, in the municipal arena, decisions regarding environmental policy tend to reflect strategic calculations guided by the logic of political self-interest. Thus, Public Choice Theory is confirmed as an interpretative framework to explain why ideological differences declared in party programs do not necessarily translate into material differences in environmental spending, offering a theoretical framework capable of illuminating the practical convergence observed between left-wing, center, and right-wing managers. Universidade Federal da Bahia Tese Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufba.br/handle/ri/44290 2025-12-12T00:00:00Z