Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:46:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoilmaDO.pdf: 1497670 bytes, checksum: 6afa777694c5f707addc8aed7c410256 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-12-28 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / This study aid to understand the work conditions of street vendors located on the sidewalks of two malls in Brazil Northeast Natal / RN - Both malls Natal Shopping and Via Direta, to analyze their inclusion in the informal economy and to study the supposed autonomy provided by work as self-employment in its both aspects economic and social analyzing the importance on the condition of "masters of their own business" has for the street vendors, as an alternative to not submission to the figure of the boss, that represents the exploitation of one class over another. The theoretical and methodological aspects that support this study was aimed in discussion on the restructuring of production, considering its effects on the world of work, pointing to unemployment as one of the potencies element of excluded processes that exciting workers to engage in the informal market. Informality is presented as a survival strategy and as integrating part of the reproduction of capital. This research was conducted under a critical perspective, whish has been utilized quantitative and qualitative analyses. The results of this study format questions that provided during the research process the socio-economic characterization of workers, main cause of this study, and how street vendors expres their status of workers as self-employed for their work, and the perception that they have on their form of inclusion in the informal market. / O presente estudo objetiva apreender as condi??es de trabalho dos vendedores ambulantes situados nas cal?adas de dois shoppings de Natal/RN Natal Shopping e Via Direta, analisar a sua inser??o na informalidade e estudar o alcance da suposta autonomia proporcionada pelo trabalho por conta pr?pria, em seus aspectos econ?micos e sociais analisando a import?ncia que a condi??o de donos de seus pr?prios neg?cios tem para os camel?s, como alternativa ? n?o submiss?o ? figura do patr?o, que representa a explora??o de uma classe sobre a outra. Os aspectos te?ricometodol?gicos que d?o suporte a este estudo se pautaram na discuss?o sobre a reestrutura??o produtiva, considerando seus efeitos para o mundo do trabalho, apontando o desemprego como um dos elementos potenciadores dos processos excludentes que instigam os trabalhadores a se inserirem no mercado informal. A informalidade apresenta-se como estrat?gia de sobreviv?ncia e como parte integrante da reprodu??o do capital. Esta pesquisa foi realizada sob uma perspectiva cr?tica, tendo sido utilizadas abordagens quanti-qualitativas. Os resultados desse estudo formatam indaga??es que proporcionaram ao longo do processo de pesquisa a caracteriza??o s?cio-econ?mico dos trabalhadores, sujeitos deste estudo, e de como os vendedores expressam a sua condi??o de trabalhadores por conta pr?pria, e a percep??o que os mesmos possuem sobre sua forma de inser??o no mercado informal.