Solidary economy: projects and practices

• Main Author: Fernanda Henrique Cupertino Alcântara
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2013-07-01
• Series: Semina: Ciências Sociais e Humanas
• Subjects: Economia Solidária; Cooperativismo; Projetos; Práticas; Racionalidade
• Online Access: http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminasoc/article/view/14906

This paper discusses the differences and similarities between cooperatives, enterprises of Solidary Economy and Associations. It also discusses the results of research that suggests inconsistency between the project of Solidary Economy and verifiable practices, and draw attention to the terminology from the analysis of other issues that are ambiguously overlapping phenomena of this. This work is guided in a wide literature and concludes that many misconceptions and opportunism have victimized both the practice and the theory about ES, promoting a shift away from the design model called cooperative doctrine and principles of ES.