Abstract
The purpose of this article is to compose a national contextual framework, by using Gramscian theoretical references to interpret the Brazilian socio-political context in terms of democratic relations. The timeframe is limited to the second portion of the twentieth century, marked by the period of redemocratization in Brazil, until 2013 and the mass street demonstrations. It is a bibliographic study about contextual elements of Brazilian socio-political relations.
Keywords:
State; Civil society; Democracy in Brazil.