Relações de poder nas ações de responsabilidade social do setor elétrico.

Abstract

This dissertation is to examine the perceptions of power relations in the social responsibility of the electricity sector. For this, situates social responsibility from the decreased activity of the Brazilian state and from the characteristics of the Brazilian electricity sector, with special attention to the Uruguay River basin. Part of the premise that the social responsibility actions legitimize the hydroelectric project. The study found that at first there is resistance to the installation of the hydroelectric project motivated by the refusal of the population to move from an environment which has strong cultural ties. Moreover, it became clear the relevance of social mobilization to bargain with the entrepreneur on the inevitability of the dam construction.