Trajetórias de filiação político-partidária e práticas de consumo por filiados a partidos políticos de esquerda : entre expressões identitárias e reflexões políticas

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between consumption and party-political affiliation of the left, through the affiliated speeches / the membership about their trajectories and their consumption practices. Consumption was understood in this research as a social activity - a theme developed from the work of Consumption was understood this asks Maslow ([1954] 1970), Portillo ([2005] 2010), Barbosa (2004), Taschner (1996-97 ), Bourdieu ([1979] 2013), Miller (2004), among other / a (s), while the political party membership was considered an identity construction process, based on the trajectory of the individual (arguments at the confluence the ideas of authors / the Dubar (2009), Canclini (1995), Duverger ([1951] 1970), Bobbio (1995), etc. the group of participants who responded to field research, was composed of people affiliated to PT and the PSOL -. left considered parties in the contemporary Brazilian political spectrum the / the affiliated / those who participated were heard / the through interviews, conducted and analyzed in depth in order to build a construct data for a qualitative approach face. of his lines, it was possible to grasp the reflection of political party affiliation trajectories in affiliated consumption practices / the varies with each individual. Indeed, two major profiles could be drawn based on collected data: the from / to / to affiliated / a not binding on their political party membership to its consumption, and from / to / to affiliated / that does reflect their exercise militant in their consumption practices. Furthermore, it was also possible to understand that the costs of / the respondents / as with housing, food and health, are similar, as shown newspaper articles, to the Brazilian population in general. Another important concern of his lines, was that both parties are constituted as a kind of "umbrella" covering and expropriating some social movements, which sometimes lead discussions in which consumption is revealed as a crosscutting theme. In conclusion, it considers that a proposal for analysis of the relationship between consumption and party political affiliation requires no moralizing look at the various aspects that concern the practices and trajectories of individuals.