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Social and political organization of psychologists in Bahia: formation of their class entities

The present theoretical article proposes to discuss about Bahia's psychologists socio-political organization process, having as objective the reflection about the class representative entities role in this process. With this aim a literature review about the historic conjuncture on psychology regulation and development in Brazil has been done, as well as on its socio-political organization. Furthermore, due to the scarcity of works about this issue, interviews done while during the execution of this article were included. With this target, semi-structured interviews with some members involved in the psychologists representative entities in Bahia state have been made. This study aimed at discussing primarily Psychology Regional Council - Third Region and Bahia State Psychology Labor Union - SINPSI BA performance and function. In the end, some thoughts about psychologist's action and engagement are listed, as well as an analysis of this professional's role in Bahia's society.

History of psychology; Professional organizations - Psychology; Psychology Regional Council; Psychology Labor Union


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