O engajamento político e o recrutamento partidário da juventude: disposições, redes e interesses no âmbito da universidade pública

Abstract

This master's dissertation aims to understand how the process of developing party militancy of young university students takes place. This study was based on the analysis of the processes of political engagement and party recruitment and its relationship with the public university environment. After reviewing the literature on the history and characteristics of the Brazilian public university and the theories of political socialization, political engagement, political parties and party recruitment, it was decided to use the strategy of the case study to achieve the objective of the research. The research was conducted based on interviews with young students from UFJF, affiliated to PT, PCdoB, PSOL, PSDB or NOVO and also based on documentary research. From the data presented and discussed, it is argued that the process of developing party militancy of young students is complex, occurs in various spaces of sociability, from multiple socializations and without there being a deadline or time limit to occur. It is also defended the thesis that the public university, due to its characteristics, is a suitable space for the development of various phases of the processes of political engagement and party recruitment.