Abstract
The central goal of this article is to analyze the relationship between social movements and the State system dialoguing with the recent Brazilian literature. Lately, many researchers in Brazil have dedicated themselves to conceive the struggle for democracy from the insertion of activists within the institutions. The problem is that this debate has relegated to the background several issues on the State, which are fundamental for a more appropriated conception about the limits of the institutional mobilization. To fill this gap, our proposition puts in dialogue the recent Brazilian debate on the interaction between social movements and State with the neomarxist theoretical discussion, putting emphasis in specific elements of the State dynamics that operate in order to relativize the influence that the activists could exert within the institutions. In short, for the “inside” struggle of institutions to be more effective, it must necessarily be anchored by a strong mobilization “outside”.
Keywords:
Social movements; State system; Democracy; Relational agenda; Neomarxism