Erguer pontes, tecer futuros e construir alternativas

: a economia social e solidária como prática(s) de educação para o desenvolvimento

Abstract

In a time marked by challenges such as globalisation, economic and financial crises, social inequalities and environmental problems, amongst others, the present dissertation deals with concepts and practices that propose alternative visions of the world. We directed ourselves, therefore, to the analysis of the relations between Social Economy and Solidarity Economy and of these with Development Education (ED) and about the way how this relationship is perceived and transmitted in projects of ED that express and mobilize principles and contents of Social and Solidarity Economy (ESS). In methodological terms the investigation was carried out through a case study from the Non Governmental Organisation CIDAC - Amílcar Cabral Centre of Intervention for Development. The study was carried out with a base on the contents´ analysis of interviews and documents from a project of the referred entity dedicated to Fair Trade, a theme easily identified within the scope of the ESS, that project having been approved for financial support destined for the ED. We argue in the sense of ED whilst a process of training of the citizen, as a tool that proposes a way of looking at the world applicable in different dominions of social life, and in this sense, we consider the ESS is one of the forms of expressing ED in the economic field. These relations were deepened from the following analytical categories: fundamental concepts and values, problematic issues that confront, conception of globalisation, conception of economy, conception of development, conception of citizenship, conception of education, methodologies used, players involved and routes proposed. From this analysis, we concluded there are similarities in the areas studied, namely at the fundamental levels, values, concepts, methodologies and proposals, and that both mutually provide enrichment.

Date of Award	13 Mar 2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Marisa Tavares (Supervisor) & João Caramelo (Supervisor)