A crise da construção civil sob múltiplos pontos de vista: (des)regulação da atividade económica e recomposição do trabalho na perspetiva dos atores institucionais do setor da construção civil no período posterior a 2008

摘要

This article presents the results of a sociological research dedicated to the understanding of the regulationof economic activity in the construction sector in Portugal. Combining a significant legislative inventorywork with the identification of relevant institutional actors in the structuring of the activity in the sectorunder analysis, the article analyses, using elements obtained through semidirective interviews and “focusgroups”, the positions taken by the referred actors. In addition to assessing the position of these actors onthe evolution of the existing legal-normative framework, the focus is on the preparation of a sociologicalanalysis of the demands arising from the economic crisis experienced in the construction sector in the periodafter 2008 and the study of the modalities of response to the crisis conveyed by the interviewees,considering, among others, aspects related to the organisation of work, inter-business relations, workingand wage conditions and challenges associated with the technical and technological transformation takingplace in the sector.