Class and social stratification in Brazilian Sociology: a literature review of the production in the 1980s

• Grant number: 12/13175-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2012
• End date: November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Henrique José Domiciano Amorim
• Grantee: Breno Augusto de Oliveira Santos
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/23506-1 - Social class and value in contemporary social theory, AP.JP

Abstract

This project is linked to the project "Social Class and Value in Contemporary Social Theory", supervised by Prof.. Dr. Henrique Amorim and funded by FAPESP (Process n. 2011/23506-1). In this work, we will conduct a literature survey and mapping of Brazilian sociology in relation to the theme of class and social stratification in the 1980s. The research is guided by the theoretical discussions on the topic of social classes conducted in Europe and the United States from the 1970s, in the context of productive restructuring and neoliberal policies in the subsequent decade. The purpose of this project is to analyze how Brazilian sociology in the 1980s hosted the sociological discussion of Europe and North America about the "end of social classes" and examine the diffusion of this discussion in a context alien to that which produced it.(AU)