Cooperation and conflict. Analysis of two experiences of territorial development on the Uruguay Coast, in Entre Ríos Province

Abstract

The territorial approach to rural development supports the idea that the transformation processes in the production capacity must come together with institutional development processes. Besides, the incorporation of the concept of territory aims at going beyond the sector idea and high lighting the role of the doers and local organizations when setting up a joint development project. However, the institutionalistic look puts aside the power relationships between the social actors in a territory and the strategies they draw up to reproduce and transform the regulations which should guide their interactions. The aim of this work is to tackle this problematic issue from the analysisof two rural development experiences in the Entre Ríos Province, in Argentina.