A ATUAÇÃO DOS MOVIMENTOS ESTUDANTIS COMO INSTRUMENTOS DE EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS E SEU PAPEL NA SUPERAÇÃO DA CRISE DE REPRESENTATIVIDADE DEMOCRÁTICA DA JUVENTUDE NO BRASIL

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the role of student movements as instruments for the enforcement of fundamental rights and as spaces for confronting the crisis of democratic representation among youth in Brazil. In its specific objectives, the research seeks to answer whether student movements can be considered effective instruments for the realization of fundamental rights and for overcoming the crisis of youth democratic representation. To this end, the deductive method is used, with a qualitative approach, through bibliographical and documentary research, based on the 1988 Federal Constitution, the Youth Statute, legislation on student representation, and constitutional doctrine. It was found that contemporary democracy cannot be understood solely through voting or traditional political-electoral representation, since democratic legitimacy also depends on the existence of permanent channels for participation, public debate, civic education, and social oversight. In this context, youth, although often distanced from traditional political institutions, should not necessarily be understood as apathetic, but rather as a social group that frequently shifts its participation to collective, social, institutional, and digital spaces. It is concluded that student movements, by promoting collective organization, political participation, the defense of the right to education, civic education, and institutional engagement, constitute relevant spaces for the realization of the Constitution and the strengthening of participatory democracy.