Mineiridade e frações partidárias – o caso do PSDB de Minas Gerais

Abstract

This work aims to analyze how the “mineiridade” as an ideology is applied, in the concrete case of the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira - PSDB), so as to create cohesion among the dominant class; legitimize its dominance; and mainly, situate the “mineira” wing in the party, in the party electoral system and in the rest of the country. This theme is related to the struggle among the party fractions for control over the uncertainty zones, the distribution of collective and selective incentives, and the position as dominant coalition. The first chapter discusses ideology and “mineiridade”, seeking to conceptualize them to answer our questions. The second chapter embraces the party theory and organization theory in order to provide us with the tools for the analysis of struggles among the party fractions and the action of the PSDB-MG. Finally, the third chapter seeks to articulate the concepts defined in the first two chapters applying them to the trajectory of national PSDB and its “mineira” wing.