The Nature of Commercialization in the Solidarity Economy in Brazil

This text was put together by many hands. I was only able to write it because of the experience I had with countless people, the countless texts I was able to read and the help I received, both to get to my master’s degree and to reach its final stage, producing the dissertation that led to this book. I would like to thank Genauto França Filho and Ariadne Rigo, my tutors who, with all the patience and understanding in the world, taught me the ropes. I mustn’t forget to thank my friends and colleagues at RedeMoinho, Ites and the Bahia Solidarity Economy Forum: you’re my daily lesson! Finally, I would also like to thank the many friends and partners who have supported this research in some way, whether with affection, patience, understanding, contacts, information, tips, texts; in short, this help has strengthened me and made me take greater responsibility for what I present here. Then there are the people and experiences in Spain and Portugal, which I had the pleasure of meeting. I wasn’t able to write a chapter in the dissertation about my rich history with the experiences of these countries, but it has contributed greatly to this result.