The last economic and financial crisis (2007) demonstrated to the so-called developed countries the environmental, social and economic impossibility of continuing to pursue a development model based on infinite growth. Under the idea that the North too can suffer from its own mantras of continuous material progress, the present dissertation analyses how degrowth cooperatives are an alternative to the conventional development paradigm, through a case study of the Cooperativa Integral Minga, a Portuguese multisectoral cooperative located in Montemoro-Novo. Following the critique of Post-Development and, consequently, of the Degrowth theory, the aim is to understand how this experience works in Portugal from appropriation tools such as the restoration of democracy, economic relocation and the voluntary change of behaviours and values. This will be done through a qualitative analysis using semi-structured interviews, nonparticipant observation and secondary and documentary data.

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Degrowth,Post-development,cooperatives,development