The solidarity economy beyond the issue of labor/A economia solidaria alem da questao do trabalho/La economia solidaria mas alla de la cuestion laboral

• Published in: Cadernos EBAPE.BR 2024-05, Vol.22 (3)
• Main Authors: Laville, Jean-Louis, Silva Junior, Jeova Torres
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• ISSN: 1679-3951; 1679-3951
• DOI: 10.1590/1679-395120230029x

In this essay, we discuss the limitations of the orthodox approach of labor regarding solidarity economy, adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), and by the classical view of the sociology of work. Initially, we show that solidarity economy has been analyzed by the traditional sociology of work, both in Brazil and France, as an illusion of which participants are victims. ILO, although adopting lately a contrasting perspective, is restricted to a conception of decent work in solidarity economy that also keeps a common reference framework with the conservative perspective of the sociology of work. In the second part, we present two practices that show that solidarity economy cannot be reduced to the economic dimension of the production mode and labor relations, and that there is an inherent emancipatory political dimension-the cases of Conjunto Palmeiras (Brazil) and the Regies de quartier movement (France). From these cases, in the third section we identify the theoretical frameworks that not only understand the modes of work implementation in solidarity economy, but allow a wider integration of solidarity economy multiple dimensions. Therefore, we present three theoretical approaches: the Epistemologies of the South, the approach of substantive economic action, and the deliberative democracy perspective. At the end, we open up the reflection on the direction in which the sociology of work and the ILO can develop and reconfigure their reference approaches to work in an expanded, substantive and heterodox understanding of the solidarity economy. Keywords: Solidarity economy. Epistemology of the South. Sociology of emergences. Substantive economy. Deliberative democracy. Neste ensaio, propomos discutir as limitacoes da abordagem ortodoxa de trabalho em relacao a economia solidaria adotada pela Organizacao Internacional do Trabalho (OIT) e pela visao classica da sociologia do trabalho. Para iniciar a argumentacao, mostramos que a economia solidaria foi analisada pela sociologia do trabalho tradicional, tanto no Brasil quanto na Franca, como uma ilusao da qual os atores sao vitimas. Ja a OIT, ainda que apresente ultimamente uma perspectiva em contraste, se encarcera numa nocao de trabalho decente na economia solidaria que mantem um quadro de referencia comum com a perspectiva conservadora da sociologia do trabalho. Na segunda parte, apresentamos 2 praticas que expoem quanto a economia solidaria nao pode ser reduzida a dimensao economica de modo