The Grey Zone of Economically Dependent Self-Employment in France and Brazil Possible Paths for Emancipation?

This article aims at seizing the heterogeneity of the economically dependent self-employment. To do so, we analyse the autonomy and the subjective relationship to this grey zone of information technology professionals. The interviews conducted in France and Brazil are analysed in the light of Nancy Fraser's work (2010): three configurations are identified at the crossroads of movements of marketisation, social protection and emancipation, showing especially how an individual quest for emancipation can actually foster the growing marketisation process.