Solidarity and economy: some key issues concerning theory and practices

Abstract

This text explores, at first, the conceptual dimension about the subject, especially the richness that is inside an anthropologic view about the theme, under what are exposed the possibilities provided in a re-signification of sense in economic acting in society. In the sequence, the subject of solidarity economy is faced as a field of practices under construction in Brazil. At this moment, emerge the speech about the different modalities of self-organizations social-economics and politics. The emphasis, at this time, is over some troubles and challenges that cross this field, specially the questions related to the actual possibilities of creating sustainable territorial development and to be an effective alternative to the predominant way of development closed to the concepts of business market. At the end, the focus is over the fundamental vocation of such practices, inside their origin concepts, exploring the essence of an idea of another economy that is associated at this theme.