%0 Journal Article
%T Labour, self
%A Cinara L Rosenfield
%J Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
%@ 1996-7284
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1024258918775535
%X In this article we shall explore, in the context of flexible capitalism, emerging forms of social insertion generated by work outside the realms of wage labour, in particular, so-called ¡®self-entrepreneurship¡¯ (autoempreendedorismo). We shall argue that this phenomenon is related to the increase in contract-based employment, which amounts to a new employment regime. Self-management (autogest£¿o de si) is both a promising pathway to social insertion through work, and a way of internalising certain values. This article presents an empirical portrait of the current state of self-entrepreneurship in Brazil, followed by reflections on Axel Honneth¡¯s notion of social freedom in light of the realities of labour in self-entrepreneurship. The experience of being self-employed and managing oneself entails a paradox: more individual freedom, but a weakening of collective bonds and cooperative support systems
%K Self-entrepreneurship
%K self-management
%K employment rule
%K social freedom
%K collective support
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1024258918775535