Political socialization and politicization between families of the Homeless Workers Movement (MTST)

ABSTRACT:

This paper analyzes the political processes of socialization and politicization experienced by families engaged in MTST (Homeless Workers Movement, in English) with emphasis on the family’s role in the acquisition of values; the re-signification of values and attitudes according to certain individual experiences and/or economic and political circumstances; the re-socialization processes experienced in political engagement. The data were collected through biographical interviews, observations and informal conversations, and indicate that the respondents held over their careers “negotiations” and “accommodations” between family values and those values acquired in militancy, which results in a framework that integrates values of the popular classes and some principles of socialist ideology.

Keywords:
Socialization; Political socialization; Politicization; Popular classes; Movimento dos Trabalhadores sem Teto