Juventude e política nos anos 1990 : um estudo de socialização política no Brasil.

Abstract

The work investigates the constitution of political attitudes in the Brazilian young people of the years 1990, in the context of the debate about the consolidation of the Brazilian democracy. Based on the national and international relevant literature, are previously established the theoretical references which attest the relevance of the socialization studies and political culture for the understanding of the stability and change of the political systems, particularly of the democracy. Central aspects of the society and Brazilian State are focused, in the attempt of contextualizing the data obtained in the empiric research. The youth is treated as a social-historical phenomenon, what is translated in the analysis of its presence in the world and particularly in Brazil of the decade of 1990. Established the theoretical assumptions, the results of the empiric research, which consisted in a survey applied in the year of 1999, in eight Brazilian cities, belonging to four different geographical areas, are presented and analyzed. The answers of 1.787 students of High school and of 857 parents/responsible supply the data to delineate central aspects of the process of juvenile political socialization. It is verified that the youths' political attitudes are suitable with the hybrid political culture prevalent today in Brazil and that such attitudes do not constitute a specific political subculture, different from the adults' political culture. The confrontation of the youths' opinions with the one of their parents also shows that the parents' influence exercises a limited role in the process of the youths' political socialization.