Mudança social e teoria da economia solidária. Uma perspectiva maussiana

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ResumoNeste artigo, o autor analisa, à luz da teoria da dádiva, a evolução das instituições da economia social, confrontando as concepções que orientavam sua criação às constatações empíricas de seu funcionamento. Constatando, com Mauss, não haver um modo único de organização da economia que expresse uma ordem natural, mas sim diferentes formas de produção e de repartição que coexistem, conclui que, passar a um projeto democrático de mudança social implica levantar a questão das instituições em condições de assegurar a pluralidade da economia para inscrevê-la em um quadro democrático.Palavras chave: Economia social. Associativismo. Sociologia econômica. Dádiva.Social change and the theory of solidarity economy. A Maussian approach 1 AbstractIn this article, the author examines, in the light of the theory of the gift, the development of social economy institutions, contrasting their early conceptions

Clusters in the Solidarity Economy: the strategy of participating in networks of enterprises in Brazil

“…According to Laville (2014), the economy is always a social and plural construction, corroborating with Polanyi (2011) who considers to be mistaken to separate it from society. The "human economy" approach (Hart, Laville & Cattanni, 2010) highlights not only the local and human development, but also the need for an economic view that fulfils the gap between daily practices and a wider context of human development.…”

“…RESUMEN: La economía es siempre una construcción social y no puede separarse de la sociedad (Polanyi 2011, Laville, 2014. La Economía Solidaria prioriza el desarrollo local y humano a través de las prácticas de cooperación y autogestión.…”

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The economy is always a social construction, which cannot be separated from society itself (Polanyi 2011, Laville, 2014. The Solidarity Economy prioritizes local development and human through practices of cooperation and self-management.

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Constructing Solidarity Economy-based Livelihoods

“…Authors such as Grasseni (2014) and Rakopoulos (2015) use the concept of Solidarity Economy to refer to the economic practices and social formations promoted within and through these networks, framing them as part of a wider political project of democratic deepening based on participatory governance and wider socio-economic inclusion. This still-evolving concept refers to cooperative, inclusive and self-organized alternatives to dominant economic structures, founded upon voluntary association, whose criteria of performance prioritizes the creation and redistribution of social value over capital accumulation (Laville 2016). It represents an alternative to corporate production and commercialization based on the prioritization of social goals over profit, as well as the promotion of worker self-management through the removal of the distinction between capital and labour through worker ownership, often in the form of cooperatives and associations, as well as in the form of networks of microenterprises; the promotion of equitable and mutually supportive relationships, both within individual initiatives and within wider society; and the promotion of effective equal decision-making power for each participant (Auinger 2009).…”

“…It represents an alternative to corporate production and commercialization based on the prioritization of social goals over profit, as well as the promotion of worker self-management through the removal of the distinction between capital and labour through worker ownership, often in the form of cooperatives and associations, as well as in the form of networks of microenterprises; the promotion of equitable and mutually supportive relationships, both within individual initiatives and within wider society; and the promotion of effective equal decision-making power for each participant (Auinger 2009). For Laville (2016), the trait that distinguishes Solidarity Economy from the wider field of Social Economy 1 is its focus on the potentialization and expansion of social capital as the organizing factor of production, as well as its mobilization to produce "civic capital" by orientating it towards the promotion of democracy, both within productive units and in wider society (pp. 244-5).…”