SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS AN OPPORTUNITY OF SOCIAL INCLUSION: THE CASE OF RECYCLING COOPERATIVES/O EMPREENDEDORISMO SOCIAL COMO OPORTUNIDADE DE INCLUSAO SOCIAL: O CASO DE UMA COOPERATIVA DE RECICLAGEM/EL EMPRENDIMIENTO SOCIAL COMO OPORTUNIDAD DE INCLUSION SOCIAL: EL CASO DE UN COOPERATIVA DE RECICLAJE

Study objective: illustrate how the social entrepreneurship can foster the social inclusion from a recycling cooperative located in the region of Vale dos Sinos/RS. Originality/relevance: social entrepreneurship is configurated as a new perspective, mainly in the field of management and social intervention, since the social problems are now viewed as opportunities and not barriers. From that point of view, several entities were created, among them, the recycling cooperatives, which have the sustainability as its focus and social, economic and environmental tripod. In face of that, the originality of this research is based on the relation between the social entrepreneurship and the social inclusion from the activities of a recycling cooperative. Metodologia/abordagem: estudo de caso com abordagem qualitativa a partir do acesso a múltiplas fontes de dados, tais como: observação participante, relatos de professores e acadêmicos integrantes do projeto de extensão que atende a cooperativa, entrevistas semiestruturadas e dados secundários. Metodología: estudio de caso con enfoque cualitativo a partir del acceso a múltiples fuentes de datos, tales como: observación participante, relatos de profesores y académicos integrantes del proyecto de extensión que atiende a la cooperativa, entrevistas semiestructuradas y datos secundarios. Palabras-clave: Emprendimiento Social. Inclusión Social. Cooperativismo. Sostenibilidad. Reciclaje.