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Vuotto, Mirta
Herreros, Gilles
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Abstract
The aim of this dissertation is to understand the participation of people in the processes of governance and the inter-cooperation within the organizations and networks of the social and solidarity economy that emerged in the city of Buenos Aires after the economic crisis of 2001 in Argentina. The interest on this purpose is supported by the foundation of networks as an adequate strategy to promote the sustainability of social and solidarity economy. These organizations have grown quantitatively and qualitatively since the local crisis of 2001. An interactionist sociological approach is adopted in order to analyse the participation of members on its own framework of action and under power relations in organizations. Participation is understood in this dissertation as a social practice that is not restricted to the involvement in the governing bodies of the organization. Principally, participation has been analysed, at the individual level, by exploring the motives of action in the organizations of the actors as well as in their work spaces.
This dissertation is presented in three sections. In the first part, the conceptual framework that guided the analysis on labour, identity and organizational dimensions around the participation at an individual, group and organizational-institutional level is presented. The relevance of the term of governance for self-managed organizations is discussed and the antecedents of the social and solidarity economy relevant to this topic are outlined. This section justifies the selection of the qualitative approach and choice of a case study of four organizations as well as the technique of participant observation. The broader methodological approach is also discussed in detail.
The second part introduces the two cases of networks of organizations (organizational networks) that emerged in 2006: a network of worker-recovered companies and a fair trade network composed of artisan self-managed ventures linked to social movements. In the third part, two worker recovered companies -converted to worker cooperatives in 2002- are analysed in order to understand participation in grassroots organizations that constitute their job site.
The analysis of these four cases made it possible to compare and contrast the participation practices of the actors, their connection with their productive activity, management and power relations. In order to facilitate a cross-sectional view, a typology of four participatory profiles (participatory, critical, sympathetic and indifferent) has been drawn up, showing the different behaviours of commitment and contribution despite the fact that several people share personal and organizational identities and conditions. In relation to the structure of the organizations, the comparative study of the cases has discerned that neither the size nor the type of governance structures are an incentive nor a barrier to the commitment and participation of the members. The actors, both individual and collective, are restricted or promoted to participate according to their status in the cycle of life, their resources and their particular projects. But these conditions of departure do not explain the concrete participation, which will acquire a specific form according to their profile and the web of power relations in force in the organization that results in the stratification of the members.
The research carried out has led to the conclusion that the participation of people associated in organizations, networks and cooperatives, is not explained either as an automatic response to ideals (it is not exclusively a militant action) or for the benefits (it is not a simple instrumental interest). On the contrary, participation is the result of a network of relationships between the conditions of organizations, the particular situations of the actors and their needs in a socio-historical context.
The challenges identified around participation and consensus in governance as well as the maintenance and control of management are not the result of scarce resources and an unfavorable political context, but rather of the complex of the internal relations of power and their conditions for the integration of the membership and their participation.
This dissertation is presented in three sections. In the first part, the conceptual framework that guided the analysis on labour, identity and organizational dimensions around the participation at an individual, group and organizational-institutional level is presented. The relevance of the term of governance for self-managed organizations is discussed and the antecedents of the social and solidarity economy relevant to this topic are outlined. This section justifies the selection of the qualitative approach and choice of a case study of four organizations as well as the technique of participant observation. The broader methodological approach is also discussed in detail.
The second part introduces the two cases of networks of organizations (organizational networks) that emerged in 2006: a network of worker-recovered companies and a fair trade network composed of artisan self-managed ventures linked to social movements. In the third part, two worker recovered companies -converted to worker cooperatives in 2002- are analysed in order to understand participation in grassroots organizations that constitute their job site.
The analysis of these four cases made it possible to compare and contrast the participation practices of the actors, their connection with their productive activity, management and power relations. In order to facilitate a cross-sectional view, a typology of four participatory profiles (participatory, critical, sympathetic and indifferent) has been drawn up, showing the different behaviours of commitment and contribution despite the fact that several people share personal and organizational identities and conditions. In relation to the structure of the organizations, the comparative study of the cases has discerned that neither the size nor the type of governance structures are an incentive nor a barrier to the commitment and participation of the members. The actors, both individual and collective, are restricted or promoted to participate according to their status in the cycle of life, their resources and their particular projects. But these conditions of departure do not explain the concrete participation, which will acquire a specific form according to their profile and the web of power relations in force in the organization that results in the stratification of the members.
The research carried out has led to the conclusion that the participation of people associated in organizations, networks and cooperatives, is not explained either as an automatic response to ideals (it is not exclusively a militant action) or for the benefits (it is not a simple instrumental interest). On the contrary, participation is the result of a network of relationships between the conditions of organizations, the particular situations of the actors and their needs in a socio-historical context.
The challenges identified around participation and consensus in governance as well as the maintenance and control of management are not the result of scarce resources and an unfavorable political context, but rather of the complex of the internal relations of power and their conditions for the integration of the membership and their participation.
Título obtenido
Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en Ciencias Sociales
Institución otorgante
Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales