Territory and territorial development policies in Brazil: concepts, challenges and possibilities from governance.

Abstract

The present article has the objective of exposing some aspects that permeate the discussion about the territorial development, starting from two concepts base, territory and governance. To do so, we seek to problematize the theme and cite some national experiences as possibilities for future studies. The relevance of a paper like the one presented is based on the current debate on development and that, far from maintaining the focus on the duality of the state x market, we can think of new possibilities, such as territorial development. Territorial development strategies, based on the existence of governance modalities, have emerged in Brazil as evidences of a new territorial management model and have become the object of studies in the field of public development policies.