Territorial Development: Reflection of Rural Cooperativism in the Southeast of the State of Tocantins

Abstract

Objective: Research and identify territorial development policies in the southeast of the State of Tocantins and identify the potential of cooperatives belonging to the territory of the southeast of the State of Tocantins, aiming at social economic progress, development, and regional sustainability. Theoretical benchmark: Regional development ends up becoming a topic that provokes many debates, as social evolution, dissatisfaction, and non-conformity in the new society cause them to group together to train skills and abilities, with local, municipal, and federal governments as partners. and states for the development process. Method: The deductive method was adopted, based on theoretical and bibliographical study applied to existing research databases. Results and conclusion: It was observed that cooperativism promotes education, democratizes access to credit, and seeks to develop the community in which it operates. This demonstrates that cooperativism has the necessary tools for a broad social inclusion project in southeast Tocantins. Implications of the research: The research offers new scientific contributions to the theme of cooperativism, offering theoretical bases for interventions and public policies that impact this economic activity in a Brazilian state with strong economic and social growth trends. Originality/value: Discussions regarding social transformations in recent decades, related to the globalization of the economy, technology, and its accessibility, have directly reflected in social life and consequently in work relations, thus the increase in regions relegated to oblivion, thus requiring, understanding the meaning of the territorial approach to rural development.