Nobiliarquia e Estado: a Procuradoria Geral do Estado e os negócios de família no Pará

Abstract

This dissertation aims to analyze the profile of the elite families group inserted in institutional fields in the state of Pará, especially within the Procuradoria Geral do Estado do Pará. The research relates methodological possibilities, such as biography and genealogy, for prosopographic construction of the subjects who occupy the position of state attorney. We emphasize the determining role of elite families in maintaining the established social order, in the reproduction of the structure of social space and social relations. The family is a naturally accumulating capital institution and one of its reproduction strategies is to safeguard its unity through the transmission of these capitals among its generations. This conjuncture is appreciated in the course of this work, embodied in Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical network on power, which is always present and miscellaneous in the most diverse fields, understanding that power relations, explicit or implicit, conscious or unconscious, permeate all relationships in all fields that are part of the social space. To this end, we will try to clarify how the theory of fields works, the relevance of capitals within them and the way these capitals, often inherited from a traditional elite family, condition the legitimacy of the subjects' belonging within a specific field illustrated by institution PGE / PA, with its logic and its own operating laws.