Movimentos sociais e o exercício da cidadania sob o olhar dos jovens de duas cidades do Cariri Paraibano.

Abstract

Among various angles from which it is possible study youth, this work addresses the conception of high school students from public schools ECI Professor José Gonçalves de Queiroz, from Sumé city, and E.E.E.F.M. Manoel Honorato Sobrinho from Coxixola city, about citizenship and social movements. Concerning these conceptions, the aim of this work is reflecting on the political participation of these young people and how they see themes such as democracy and conquest of rights. The main theoretical references of this paper are Benevides (1994), with the notion of “active citizenship” and “Passive citizenship”, Dagnino (2004), addressing the construction of a “new citizenship” and Tavares (2012), which talks about the emergence of youth movements. This work was produced by a qualitative research in focus groups and semi-structured interviews for data collection. From the results obtained, it is concluded that the youth of these two cities are characterized as politically participatory. However, this participation acquires resignification, once it is not associated with active action, as well as social movements. Yet, that is effective, when they are aware of governmental actions at either global, national or municipal level.