Rural youth, generational conflict and social policies

Abstract

This article presents the results of a research process in a rural area where situations of conflict between younger and older generations in public spaces are evidenced daily. These conflicts, conditioned by social, political, economic and cultural aspects, impacted significantly on the possibilities and projects of social subjects involved, by hindering the production of capital for an intergenerational social reproduction to ensure healthy lifestyles. In this context we propose to know the ways of intergenerational relationship to design social policies that promote collective processes of community conflict resolution. From a qualitative methodology, specifically action research, we had access to various experiences and practices that allowed us to arrive at a number of dimensions related to the conflict in the public space to be counted as empirical support for the design of social policies.