Solidarity based economy from the perspective of New Economic Sociology
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4013/otra.2012.611.02Keywords:
economia solidária, sociologia econômica, enraizamentoAbstract
This article reviews the concepts of New Economic Sociology (NES) and its application on solidarity economy’s field. At first, we use Karl Polanyi’s concept of embeddedness. Based on this and other key concepts (such as habitus, rationality, interest and gift), we try to analyze the social construction of the field of solidarity economy and how its agents reproduce their livelihoods, seeking a ful lsociability. The NES opposes to economic view and criticizes it, by considering economic facts as social facts. In line with this analytical proposal, in solidarity economy is possible to ascertain a characteristic habitus and a supportive culture, which escape from the logic of economic interest and are guided to targets that are not material and that do not follow a strictly economic logic.
Key words: solidarity economy, economic sociology, embeddedness.
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