Abstract:
The article seeks to analyze the nature of societal activism related to the anti-corruption call-to-action in Brazil based on the classic theory of social movements and on new studies on the rise of right-wing movements in the national and international context. The study compares cases of consensual activism, such as the Amarribo Network and the Social Observatory of Brazil, with cases of conflictual activism, such as the Movement Against Corruption and the Free Brazil Movement, which led moments of social upheaval in Brazil in 2013 and 2015. Considering their repertoires of conflict, the content of identity-building, and the density of interactions carried out by conflictual movements, the article proposes that these organizations can be designated as “right-wing social movements”.
Keywords:
Activism; Social movements; Corruption; Anticorruption