Socialização política e suas agências socializadoras em jovens de Juiz de Fora – MG: uma investigação e um estudo de caso

Abstract

The present work deals with the concept of political socialization under a focus of the socialization process and the way in which the phenomenon occurs among a group of young through the socialization agencies involved. It was hoped to investigate which agencies of political socialization have greater relevance and they act on these individuals. It is proposed a discussion of the concept of political socialization through the presentation of historical development and criticisms concerning it. In the study, sixty young people from the city of Juiz de Fora-MG, participants in a project of political education of the state legislative power, interpreted in the present work as a constituent experience of the process of political socialization, is analyzed through preliminary quantitative data collected by a survey and an interview, seen as a case study of this process, in search of qualitative data. The present study provides an analysis of the data collected in the light of the bibliography, corroborating the role of socialization agencies in the political socialization of young people and the perception of recent studies about the Internet as a new socializing agency of great importance for young people, bringing some reflections on the roles that young people also as agents of political socialization.