Desenvolvimento, Políticas Públicas e População: Uma Análise Socioeconômica e Demográfica do Município de Mirabela - MG

Abstract

Brazil, in the last hundred years, has been structuring its welfare state through policies aimed at expanding citizenship and social rights. From this perspective, this article aims to analyze the close relationship between development and public policies, as well as the demographic consequences of development, especially the occurrence of the phenomenon of demographic transition. In addition, it is clear that the demographic transition experienced by the country did not escape the small municipality of Mirabela (MG), with noticeable changes in the arrangement of the Mirabel population in recent decades. Methodologically, this study consists of a qualitative and quantitative research, which uses secondary data and statistics in conjunction with a systematic literature review. Among the results, it can be seen that the public and social policies adopted by Brazil in the last century have raised the quality of life of Brazilians, also causing profound changes in the characteristics of the population. These changes were also noticed in Mirabela, however, the numerous economic and social weaknesses faced by the municipality, associated with the lack of public policies, make Mirabela suffer from low human development, which generates certain demographic consequences, such as the high dependency, low growth and job-seeking migration.