Luta por reconhecimento e desigualdade social: uma análise da experiência dos catadores da Asmare em Belo Horizonte (MG)

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Maria Cecília Gomes
• Orientador(a): Teixeira, Marco Antonio Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Palavras-chave em Português: Catadores de recicláveis; Luta por reconhecimento; Desigualdade social; Políticas públicas
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10438/8224

This dissertation discusses the dynamics of the struggle of the Asmare’s waste pickers1 and its possible consequences on the emergence of policies for this specific social group. It draws from the idea of struggle and social conflict, bringing about the Axel Honneth’s discussions on struggle for recognition, and showing the limits and possibilities of using this approach in the Brazilian case, given Brazilian high social inequality. For the purpose of this work, a longitudinal case study, for the period from 1987 to 2010, was carried out through in depth interviews, spontaneous conversations, and observations. The methods adopted for the analysis of the data was that of reading of narratives. The multiple voices from the interviews indicated that the struggle of the Asmare’s waste pickers was full of ups and downs, and conflicts and contradictions. In the narratives of the pickers themselves it has become evident both that they feel exposed to various forms of disrespect and non-recognition, and their moral expectations of recognition. Over the years some of Asmare’s demands were met by the local government, as that of the implementation of a policy to support the job of its associated. But as time goes by this has going through reconfigurations and more recently by an inflection, which intensified the conflicts between the government and Asmare.