A CONCEPÇÃO CONTEMPORÂNEA DE CIDADANIA À LUZ DA CONSTITUIÇÃO FEDERAL DO BRASIL DE 1988

Abstract

The study on the concept of citizenship in Brazil, after the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution is the goal of this dissertation. This concern is justified, given the gap between the theoretical constitutional guarantee of citizenship to all Brazilians and the reality that reveals the non-exercise of citizenship, with consequences that lead to violation of all human rights, including individual, social and political ones. Furthermore, outside the nation which is attached how can be assured to a citizen that the fundamental human rights will be respected? This reality in Brazil is experienced by the majority population, which portrays all the vulnerability of human beings and the resignation to their status as modifier agent of its own history, being released alley of everyday life, for disregard of a training process. Bringing light to this subject implies recover the meaning of political participation by citizens in t􀁋􀁈􀁌􀁕􀀃 􀁆􀁒􀁐􀁐􀁘􀁑􀁌􀁗􀁜􀀏􀀃􀁄􀁆􀁆􀁒􀁕􀁇􀁌􀁑􀁊􀀃􀁗􀁒􀀃 􀀫􀁄􀁑􀁑􀁄􀁋􀀃􀀤􀁕􀁈􀁑􀁇􀁗􀂶􀁖 point of view. The characteristics of the contemporary concept of citizenship in Brazil are analyzed from the contributions of Flavia Piovesan. The relationship between the concepts of Citizenship, Human Dignity and Human Rights is done by applying the Ethical Diamond, as the theory developed by Joaquín Herrera Flores towards a critical and contextualized analysis of the concepts mentioned. Contributions from political scientists José Murilo de Carvalho and Norberto Bobbio allow us to understand the scope of the concept of citizenship that has been interested not only the Law Science, but also Philosophy and Social Sciences. José J. G. Canotilho, Paulo Bonavides, Luis Roberto Barroso and Daniel Sarmento are constitucionalists who bring a new point of view, so called newconstitucionalism, to challenge the traditional concept and􀁄􀁏􀁖􀁒􀀃􀀵􀁒􀁅􀁈􀁕􀁗􀀃􀀤􀁏􀁈􀁛􀁜􀂶􀁖􀀃􀁌􀁇􀁈