Revista Psicologia Política
Print version ISSN 1519-549X
Abstract
ZAMBONI, Jésio and BARROS, Maria Elizabeth Barros de. Paradox of the bus drivers who struggle: between social movements for urban mass transit, the work in the bus. Rev. psicol. polít. [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.29, pp.53-69. ISSN 1519-549X.
It discusses how the activity of bus driver works as a social struggle for urban mass transit amid the tension between social movements. It is approached the brazilian context of construction of the public policies on urban transportation by the conjunction between public and private managements based on business paradigm. It is proposed the appropriation of the concepts of labor process and of situated activity towards the construction of a plan that integrates the political struggle and the work management. It is expected therefore the approaching of the activity of the bus driver as a crucial way of the struggles for urban public transportation.
Keywords : Micropolitics; Bus drivers; Social movement; Labor process; Analysis of the activity.