Reciclando vidas : a força de empreendimentos solidários na integração social pelo trabalho = Recycling lives : the strength of solidarity enterprises in social integration through work

Abstract

Unemployment and the consequent growth of socially vulnerable people in Brazil during the 1980s and 1990s have contributed to increase the importance of solidarity economy as well as to its political-institutional recognition. This economic system rests on self-managed production and is based on participation and cooperation. Its aim is to satisfy the needs of all actors involved. This article focuses on an association whose mission is to socially integrate individuals through work. By means of an intensive methodological approach, the organization is characterized by using a typology of social entrepreneurship. The analysis also demonstrates the power of the work of inclusion carried out by the association, which takes in manpower to subsequently qualify it and give it dignity.