Redes solidárias: um estudo a partir das percepções e experiências dos/as trabalhadores/as da Rede Mandala - Rede Paranaense de Economia Solidária Campo Cidade

Abstract

In capitalism, as a consequence of rigid processes of combating workers and their historical conquests, several projects and socioeconomic organizations began to occupy space in society and in academic debate, such as associated work (AT), which testifies to the resistance of workers workers to alienated work and reinforces values of equality and freedom, as occurs in the Solidarity Economy (Ecosol), focus of this master thesis, which is characterized as a work organization model based on collective self-management, cooperation, solidarity and wealth distribution. The solidarity economic enterprises (EES) face several challenges related to commercial isolation, financial vulnerability, maintenance of their principles and the incipience of public policies. One of the strategies for overcoming such challenges has been the construction of solidarity networks, which enhances the collectivization of workers, improves resistance processes in the fight for decent work and helps in the dispute for a development model centered on local experiences and in the experiences of the class that lives of work. The general objective of this research was to understand how Rede Mandala – The Solidarity Economy City-Countryside Parana State Network contributed to the strengthening of the associated work of its workers. For that, a case study of the Rede Mandala, formed by 96 EES, was carried out. The methodological and epistemological approach adopted was the qualitative historicaldialectic, through bibliographical, documental and field research. Five in-depth interviews were carried out, examined using the content analysis method. As main results, it was observed that, the Rede Mandala, despite bringing together workers around a common goal, which is the integration of countryside and city, this fact is still incipient and has not consolidated a collective identity; in addition, their EES still face difficulties related to economic viability and demand continuous training processes, demonstrating the essential character of public policies in the Ecosol field; however, the network has enabled and strengthened participatory, democratic and collective self-managed processes.