The concept and history of associativism
International Journal of Development Research
The concept and history of associativism
Received 17th April, 2019; Received in revised form 29th May, 2019; Accepted 03rd June, 2019; Published online 28th July, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Levi Hülse et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Associativism has followed human history since its birth. Based on this, the present study aims to analyze the evolution of this practice from its institutional emergence in the Roman and Greek context until the present-day in Brazil, which constitutes the locus of research of the authors of the present analysis. Methodologically, the study can be characterized as a documentary and bibliographic study, with qualitative analysis. Regarding the objective, the study can be characterized as exploratory. It is concluded that the practice of associativism was a primordial condition for human development in its most different aspects, fromsocial, political and economic points of view. Therefore, its practice must be fostered for this development to continue.
