Cultural and symbolic changes that shake Brazil

Authors

  • Marcelo Siqueira Ridenti Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-8099.pcso.2018.149012

Keywords:

Democracy crisis, Lula government, Dilma Rousseff government, Post-2013 Street demonstration, Middle classes with access to higher education.

Abstract

Despite the fact that it involves the whole of society, the social and political dynamics of the present crisis of Brazilian democracy is due to the social struggles that mobilize the middle classes with access to higher education. A strong indication in this sense is the social composition of the street demonstrations from 2013 and other data analyzed by the article, such as the increasing access to higher education, that result from the cultural and symbolic changes in recent years, even if no structural transformation had taken place. These changes help understand the ongoing political polarization which threatens democracy.

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Author Biography

  • Marcelo Siqueira Ridenti, Universidade Estadual de Campinas

    Professor Titular de Sociologia no Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas.

Published

2018-06-30

Issue

Section

Dossiê: "Um espectro ronda o Brasil (à direita)"

How to Cite

Ridenti, M. S. (2018). Cultural and symbolic changes that shake Brazil. Plural, 25(1), 45-62. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-8099.pcso.2018.149012