The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the movement party Volt Europa attempts to strengthen European democracy. Using the theory-generating approach of grounded theory, a case study analysis is conducted to assess the prospects of Volt Europa's attempt. The analysis draws on insights from social movement studies, official publications of Volt Europa and information obtained from interviews that were conducted with people who hold a leading position within Volt Europa. The findings reveal that the movement party benefits from a unique organizational structure that allows it to respond to concrete issues of European democracy, by drawing on both the competences of social movements and political parties. Whereas Volt’s movement side offers through its grassroots approach a holistic way of involving citizens in European politics, the political party Volt simultaneously operates in the traditional arena of electoral politics where it strives to induce democracy-enhancing policies from within the political establishment.

[pt] A presente tese investiga as relações entre partidos políticos e sociedade civil no Brasil no início do século XXI. A hipótese é a de que a participação ativa dos partidos políticos na vida cotidiana das tradicionais organizações da sociedade civil, ainda que sob graus e qualidades distintas, assumiu novos contornos no período pós-jornadas de junho de 2013. Para tanto, são observadas as filiações partidárias das principais lideranças das centrais sindicais e entidades patronais, o envolvimento dos partidos em organizações da sociedade civil como os movimentos estudantis e os clubes desportivos, bem como os novos movimentos sociais como Vem Pra Rua, MBL, Frente Brasil Popular e Frente Povo Sem Medo. A partir de uma observação comparada, o estudo apresenta como pano de fundo casos internacionais como Podemos na Espanha, Syriza na Grécia, Bloco de Esquerda em Portugal, Die Linke na Alemanha, Front de Gauche em França e Movimento 5 Estrelas na Itália como exemplos daquilo que a literatura contemporânea tem conceituado como Partidos-Movimento. Além da análise comparada, o método adotado mescla instrumentos da sociologia política com a ciência política. / [en] This thesis investigates the relationships between political parties and civil society in Brazil at the beginning of the 21st century. The assumption is that the active participation of political parties in the daily life of traditional civil society organizations, even under different grades and qualities, took on new contours after June 2013. With this purpose, it will be shown the investigation of the affiliations in the parties in civil society organizations such as student movements and sports clubs, and the new social movements such as Vem Pra Rua, MBL, Frente Brasil Popular and Povo Sem Medo. From a comparative observation, the study presents international cases such as Podemos in Spain, Syriza in Greece, Bloco de Esquerda in Portugal, Die Linke in Germany, Front de Gauche in France and 5-Star Movement in Italy as examples of what contemporary literature has conceptualized as Movement-Party. Besides the comparative analysis, the adopted method mixes instruments of political sociology with political Science.

No description available.