The detailed study of the life trajectories of the actors and the decisive choice of studying the area at varied geographical levels, underlines the fact that scientific and methodological tools are determining factors for the analysis.
The detailed study of the life trajectories of the actors in the light of specific economic, social and political issues has been a necessary process to understand their projects, strategies and activities, the latter of which are not necessarily induced by economic circumstances. Indeed, the seven questions “Who? Does what? With whom? When? Where? How?” give a meaning to the historical evolutionary process of development.
The meaningful purpose of this study is to reveal what the actors know about a territory, how they structure and organize it, how they make profits with the exploitation of this area, and how they live within this area. The varied geographical levels, enables us to have a global understanding of the area in order to judge better the results of the analysis. In understanding the preoccupations of the people of this area and in being closed to them, the analysis goes from individual to general points at issue. For instance, the regional level of analysis of the marketing networks testifies to a difficult changing, development process of the endogenous systems. The sub-regional level of analysis shows the influence of these marketing networks on the structural and development process of new territories induced by small urban centers. In the end, the micro-local level highlights the influence of marketing networks on the building of community networks, and underlines the fact that, on the other hand, relationships of subordination may become more pronounced in this context.
The setting up of development policies would undoubtedly be more efficient with an approach at these different levels. In fact, the most interesting level of analysis of the territorial management is the sub-regional level. Indeed, the local policies enable all matters to be brought up for discussion and decision-making. As it is the last stage of the Federal State administration, it could be more involved in the decentralization process. It is necessary to set up a new management process, which would combine local management with a higher level of management, in the hope that, despite a political clash of interests, more and more people would take part in this process.
The development induced by inner and inter family strategies is a key issue amidst the peasants’ organizations, and particularly at the micro local level. Yet again, the ambitious plan of setting up a multidisciplinary network within the area of a number of by-roads, remains an issue at stake. It is difficult to think of building a network of interdependences whereas, in the meantime, social organizations are insufficiently developed. In this acceptation, the study at each geographical level, of the evolutionary process of the actors’ system within the frontier areas, seems all the more important to the analysis.
The analysis of a territory consists in studying the actors involved in the development process. The aim of this thesis is to study the life of tradesmen and farmers, the development of peasant organizations, and the role of the local authorities. But the further objective of this study is to raise questions about territorial management policies. Research should bring acute awareness that the motives, interests and ambitions of the social, political or economic local actors (mayors and elected representatives, investors, dormant partners) go far beyond agricultural concerns. The development of frontier areas testifies to a combination of issues, which by far outreaches that of the setting up of production and of urban distributing schemes. The actors are challenging the commercial networks’ officials. We should therefore recognize their importance, so as not to witness subsequent inappropriate measures.
The field question of developing the actors’ collective network of activities by taking up the challenge of a changing evolutionary development process, could remain unsolved because dormant partners have always been subjected to economical constraints.
Research about the future development of the frontier areas will undoubtedly compel economic leaders to be concerned about social matters and social leaders get involved in economic matters, which would make connection between these two research fields. In this regard, education is the best possible means to put such an idea into practice, by intervening at different levels of the actors’ responsibility and competence and giving them tools of discussion. Education should give birth to the establishment of mutual respect and community rules.
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