The territorial approach to regional human development reports is viewed in the light of Latin American sociology

Abstract

Why analyze the territorial emphasis, present in the RRDH-AL, in the light of the reflections of Fals Borda, Armando Bartra and Bacelar de Araújo? Such analysis shows that the argumentative order present in the documents does not intend to unveil the processes that prevent local territorial participation, as these social scientists try to do, but rather to build strategies in favor of human development policies that involve various social segments.
Socio-historical hermeneutics makes it possible to decipher the differences between the territorial approaches present in the RRDH-AL and those listed by the studied scientists. Although distinct and produced for different purposes, such approaches carry understandable meanings if situated in the political contexts to which they refer.
There are (un) similarities between the territorial approaches of the formulators of the RRDH-AL and those of the social scientists present in this study, which reflects in their ways of building prospects for possible and supposedly achievable futures.
The reflections of the Latin American sociologists, contemplated in this investigation, make it possible to understand that the narratives, put in the RRDH-AL-AL, both clarify and obscure intentions, practices, political stance and diverse interests.