INSTITUTIONS, TERRITORIES And LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: Preliminary delineation of the theoretical and morphologic aspects

Abstract

The outline of a research methodology of the relations between territory and local development, purpose of the present article, results of the systemized paper readings compilation, whose objective is the presentation of the main associations between theories, concepts and tipologies concerning the subject. The central question is the relation between the territory and the local development, understood as a social process change dynamized by expectancies territorially located and citizenship generator. The relation express, hypothetically, the possibility of an intentional collective action that mobilizes institutions and organizations, plans and resources, as well as companies, and aims to establish if, how much and how it can be conceived as a particular way of social regulation. Key-words: social actors, local territorial development, economic governement, groups, institutions, organizations, regulation, territory.