Social movements and public policies
Work and trade unionism
Social classes and collective action
This line addresses the political actions of organized and non organized sectors of the society that undertake different forms of collective action aiming at the achievement of their interests. This theme is approached from four perspectives: 1) the standards of relation between civil society and State, as well as their impacts on political processes and the struggle for citizenship rights, in national and international contexts; 2) the understanding of the multiple influences across social movements and public policies, social mobilization and political contestation processes; 3) changes in labor relations and their impacts on union conceptions and practices;  4) the role of social classes with their gender and race interfaces in the structuring of social conflicts and protests.