Professional qualification and Rural Unions in the 90: a study in the region of Ribeirão Preto

• Grant number: 14/50061-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants - Publications - Books published in Brazil
• Start date: February 01, 2015
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology - Rural Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Ricardo Luiz Sapia de Campos
• Grantee: Ricardo Luiz Sapia de Campos
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Araraquara , SP, Brazil

Abstract

I have analyzed the experiences of professional qualification carried out by rural employers and employees unions in the Ribeirão Preto area (State of São Paulo). I have initially structured the research in the classical three pillars (state, capital and or) and then questioned the institutional construction of such three dimensions. The redefinition of these three dimensions is lazed taking into consideration new professional profiles, tendencies and variations of a labor market as well as new professional activities that do not take part of the regulated institutional construction of labor reaction. I have presented different experiences of professional qualification with different union profiles within the Ribeirão Preto area. To achieve that, I have set zones of interest regarding the qualification activities, describing the diversity and multiplicity understood as activities that comprise productive work (or living labor) as an empiric focus, I have taken on the one hand the salaried work and on the other small-scale production nuclei. In the case of salaried rural labor, I have prioritized the low income and low qualification jobs among the workers of the tract and harvest of sugarcane. I have discussed such theme as a contemporary occurrence, especially as from the 1990's and 2000's. Therefore, I have established points of discussion with the major government social schemes for the period: FAT, PLANFOR and PNQ. (AU)