Economia solidária à luz do ambiente isonômico de Guerreiro Ramos: vivências do 'Grupo de Mulheres Decididas a Vencer'

Abstract

Through the construct of equality on Ramos' (1989) para-economic paradigm, this article outlines isonomic environmental characteristics in solidarity-economy experiences, taking the 'Mulheres Decididas a Vencer Group', located in a rural settlement in the county Mossoró/RN, as an object of empirical research. For this study we adopted the hypothesis of convergence between principles of solidarity economy and the construct of equality, according to Ramos (1989), both viewed as organizational manifestations in which the collective sense prevails before the individual and nurture members' self-actualization. Therefore, an exploratory and descriptive search strategy, of qualitative nature, was used and took as informants all the members of the enterprise among the most active. From the five categories that characterize equality - minimum prescription standards, self-gratifying activity, activity performed as a vocation, wide system of decision making and primary interpersonal relationships - and the features of a solidarity economic enterprise, we developed an analysis of the speech's content in a categorical perspective. It was possible to conclude that the group shares experiences and characteristics of equality. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]