"Deepening democracy?" Democratic practices and values in co-operatives operating within a Solidarity Economy framework: a case study of the Tswelelane bakery in Gauteng

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dc.contributor.authorBentes, Saulo de Tarso Vale
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-07T13:14:58Z
dc.date.available2016-03-07T13:14:58Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-07
dc.descriptionUniversity of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Humanities Department of Sociology/ Global Labour Universityen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research report analyses the relationship between the Solidarity Economy framework and democratic values and practices. The research involved a literature review of the principles informing the Solidarity Economy (SE) framework, the experience of the SE in Brazil compared to South Africa, and the differences compared to conventional co-operatives. The field work involved semi structured interviews and participant observation in a worker co-operative located in Ivory Park, Gauteng. The co-operative is a bakery with approximately seven years of history with struggles and changes. The observation focused on the organization of power relations within the co-operative, the social relations between members themselves, with the community and with another institutions The research found that, despite facing challenges and being a small size cooperative, the social relationships are marked by democratic decision making, a flat, horizontal form of internal organisation and harmonious, collegial social relationships with an overall emphasis on solidarity. It suggests that co-operatives organised in terms of the Solidarity Economy framework have the potential to deepen sustainable democracy. Keywords: Solidarity Economy, Worker Co-operative, South Africa, Brazil, Qualitative method, Leadership, Social Relations, Democracy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20002
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subjectSolidarity Economy
dc.subjectWorker Co-operative
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectLeadership
dc.subjectSocial relations
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.title"Deepening democracy?" Democratic practices and values in co-operatives operating within a Solidarity Economy framework: a case study of the Tswelelane bakery in Gautengen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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