Trabalho e processos educativos no cooperativismo popular solidário da região do Vale do Aço/MG

Abstract

This thesis has as object of study the work and educational processes occurring within the cooperative associations and popular in the region Vale do Aço, Minas Gerais, in the last decade. Its broader purpose is explain the theoretical and empirical basis for the enlargement of the concept of work and educational processes in the social sciences and aspects of the struggle for hegemony between dominant and subaltern classes, with refer- ence to the experiences of working cooperated / associates, including the moments of sys- tematic training. This is a research developed in a cooperative of stainless steel workers arti- sans of the region, volunteer housing in the municipality of Ipatinga in the nineties and the Regional Forum of People's Cooperative, with its dynamics and challenges in the period be- tween 2000 and 2005. In the survey, we used the qualitative method, under the inspiration sign paradigm, including the collection of evidence obtained through semi-structured inter- views, participant observation and literature review. The theoretical framework is based on authors who study the topic of educational processes in the world of work, the popular cooperativism, the economy, and issues pertain- ing to the challenges of improving the achievement of democracy and active citizenship. The findings revealed the subtle competition for hegemony between the protagonists of the social economy in the face of logic and dynamics of the broader flexible accumulation of capital and indicated that the experiences of workers in groups, associations and cooperatives provide opportunities for generation of employment and income, and contributes to forging new so- ciability in the world of work, because they are privileged space for learning the collective work Self, the personal growth, discovery and development of capabilities and expanding the vision of the world. The research also indicates that there are many challenges ahead, both the consolidation of solidarity and popular cooperativism effective generation of income as in the perspective of self and building a culture of solidarity and participation to ensure the ef- fective exercise of active citizenship the subaltern classes.