Políticas públicas e as pequenas empresas no cenário da mineração: o setor de gemas e jóias de Belém

Abstract

This study has as its object the state intervention through public policies, for one of the sectors of mineral Pará state economy. Taking as empiric cutting gems and jewelry sector that develops in Bethlehem, because of present with the best organization and structure for the research. Thus was formulated as a problem: How State intervention, through their public policies, impact on gems and jewelry Bethlehem and how this rebate in favor of endogenous regional development sector? Since it would fall to this sector contribute to changes as the scenario of the state's mineral economy through vertical integration of production of precious metals and gems found in Pará underground. As a general objective was to analyze how and how public policies (developed and implemented by the state) approach to development of the Gems and Jewellery sector of Belém. To reach that goal this methodology based from a systemic approach, as this approach provides operationalize the research problem situations and forms of interventions to improve such situations. Also guided on the methodology from the perspective of Social Systems Theory of Niklas Luhmann, emphasizing a) autorrefenciados / autopoietic systems; b) observer 2nd order. As for the method it has been qualitative, with research strategy adopted was a case study. (Intrinsic case study), also employed to search and Document Analysis. And as data collection technique: semi structured interviews and questionnaire (with contingent questions). The results show that even the state of Pará featuring a sectoral public policy for the promotion of development of the gems and jewelry sector, such still can not realize the seminal idea of verticalization of mineral production and that public policy is presented as a vicious cycle not being able also to generate effectiveness of its actions