Desenvolvimento regional: produção e reprodução acadêmica dos estudos regionais

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in academic production in postgraduate programs (master's and doctorate level) of regional development courses, associated with various reflections today. Thus, this research aimed to understand the studies conducted on regional development in graduate programs in the Brazilian context. In this sense, the reflections on regional development today are fundamental for the enrichment of the debate in the postgraduate programs space. Thus, this research aimed to investigate academic production in graduate programs of Regional Development courses in Brazil. The methodology was configured based on documentary research using data from the Urban and Regional Planning / Demography (PLURD) area and the Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination (CAPES), treated with a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (ACM), to explore the largest number of correlated data. The methodology was configured based on documentary research using data from the Urban and Regional Planning / Demography (PLURD) area and the Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination (CAPES), treated with a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (ACM), to explore the largest number of correlated data. Throughout the work, we sought theoretical reflections on Brazilian postgraduate studies, based on Bourdieu's theoretical discussions on the social field, whose reflections were fundamental to the understanding of the studied universe. From the results, it was possible to notice that, regarding the academic production about Regional Development, it did not present a specific theme, although a multiplicity of themes was observed. The research dealt with 243 academic productions between theses and dissertations in 2016, 15 programs in the area of Urban and Regional Planning / Demography. These PLURD courses began their activities more than twenty years ago, and are consolidated in that area. The results also pointed out that the South Region concentrates most of the courses with the name Regional Development and its educational institutions are concentrated in the interior, as well as those of the Southeast Region. The courses that are in the North, Northeast and Midwest, are located in the major capitals. Regarding the profile of the students in 2016, it was verified the prevalence of females, who came from private institutions and with multiple degrees. Among the teachers, the results revealed that the male gender constituted a majority, being from private, public and international institutions. And, linked to this, it was evident that the teachers followed the same line of study of undergraduate throughout postgraduate. Thus we conclude that the multiplicity of the courses involves numerous themes related to the term development.