Resumen

BARBOSA, Oscar G. et al. Worker cooperatives and small solidarity companies in the Paraná microregion (Argentina). Cienc. docencia tecnol. [online]. 2008, n.36, pp.121-148. ISSN 1851-1716.

The relationship between unemployment, poverty, social economy and local development is analyzed. It is argued that to overcome subsistence levels, it is necessary to introduce cooperative initiatives in an articulated and advanced work economy system based on a local development strategy capable of embodying a true social and technological innovation system throughout the country. During the 1990s several cooperatives disbanded. After 2001, conditions have provided a favourable setting. Some difficulties are encountered in generating an innovation system at the local level; this issue is not usually included in the Government's agenda, or in the agenda of the cooperative organizations. Despite successful experiences, cooperativism does not act as a social movement. The active employment policies of national and local governments that promote the formation of worker cooperatives are valuable, but they do not guarantee sustainability and institutional or actors' autonomy in the future.

Palabras clave : Economy; Worker cooperatives; Small solidarity companies; Local development.

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