Social participation and political culture

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  • Paulo J. Krischke UFSC

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This paper reports on a research of popular participation in low income neighborhoods in the Southern state of Santa Catarina, Brazil1. The aim was to study the relationship between sociopolitical participation and democratic changes in Brazilian political culture. The first part of the text situates the problem of participation in the current debate over change in political culture in Brazil, and in particular over the legacy of populist state-led mobilization and the demobilization promoted by the military authoritarian regime. The second part of the report discusses data gathered in three low-income neighborhoods in S. Catarina about sociopolitical participation, and local changes in the normative claims used by the residents, to justify participatory action. This discussion is based on previous studies of cognitive and moral development, using categories of Habermas' communicative action and Kohlberg's moral/cognitive development theories.

Biografia do Autor

Paulo J. Krischke, UFSC

Professor do Doutorado Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas (DICH) da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

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2000-01-01

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