Popular economic practices based on reciprocity : a theoretical discussion from the Latin American critical thought

Abstract

This article intends to bring about a theoretical-methodological background to understand the arrival, the possibilities and limitations of the collective practices of the people. This analysis is based on the Latin American context of reciprocity, which is also known as economic solidarity. Our analysis goes beyond the predominant liberal concepts of duality, objectivity, empiricism, division of politics and economics,· as well as the absence of a critical analysis of power. In other words, it looks for a .social emancipation.