Produção associada na era da precarização estrutural : da atuação das cooperativas de trabalho / Associated production in the era of structural precariousness : an analysis of the performance of work cooperatives

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2010

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In this paper we examined the processes of formation and organization of three popular cooperatives, two of them linked to the Economic Solidarity Incubator of the City of Santo André in partnership with UNISOL-Br: CoopStilus and Cooperativa Vale Verde; and one related to the MST (Landless Worker s Movement) Urban Commune Dom Hélder Câmara: the Sewing Cooperative. It aimed to describe how and by which means the cooperative acquire a functionality in the ongoing process of precarization of labor, while at the same time they may (or may not) reaffirm collective values within the capitalist order. We conducted a general analysis of the historical context from the 1990s on, a period which saw the growth of cooperatives and the creation of job and income generation projects inside CUT (a mass Brazilian national union organization) and government policies under the management of PT (Worker s party), particularly in the city of Santo André, from the viewpoint of the solidary economy. We developed a general approach on the experiences of solidary economy held in government policies and on the theories of its main interlocutors. Some key elements that influence the development of solidary economy were addressed from the notes on the evolution of the Socialist Thought in the 19th century, and Karl Polanyi s concepts of a plural economy. In the theoretical analysis, we highlight Karl Marx s notes on the cooperative work under the order of capital. To conclude, we outline a summary of the analyses performed from the data obtained with this research and an approach to the object of research through reflection regarding the ambiguities involving a cooperative in the current phase of capitalism, resuming the debate on the possibility of whether (or not) to produce new social relations through cooperatives, under the order of capital

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cooperativism cooperativismo economia solidária socialismo movement without-land (brazil) only central office of the workers (brazil) party of the workers (brazil) solidary economy socialism

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