Replication Data for: \"Political Training in Four Generations of Activists in Argentina and Brazil\", published in BPSR, Vol. 15, N. 2, 2021

This paper, which is part of wider research on the transformation of political linkages in Argentina and Brazil, analyzes a specific dimension: political activist training. It seeks to understand how transformations such as weaker partisanship and intense political fluctuation manifest in the way activists have defined and experienced political training. I examine narratives in interviews held between 2007 and 2015 with four generational groups of activists, classified according to the historical period in which they engaged in youth activism. All of them were members of government-supporting organizations during the Kirchner (2003-2015) and Workers’ Party administrations (2003-2016). The issue of activist training is relevant if we consider the paradoxical survival of political and partisan activism in a context of electoral volatility and leaders circumventing parties to establish a direct political bond with citizens. Also, while early political socialization has been given considerable attention in the literature, the issue of internal political training – once people have become members of an organization – has not. The findings show a reconfiguration of what activist training used to convey in the past, as well as impacts and challenges over training brought about by these organizations’ access to government.

本文隶属于阿根廷与巴西政治联结转型的全域研究范畴，聚焦于特定细分维度：政治活动家培训。本文旨在探究党派认同弱化、剧烈政治波动等转型特征，如何体现在活动家对政治培训的定义与实际体验之中。笔者对2007至2015年间开展的访谈文本展开分析，访谈对象分为四代政治活动家，其划分依据为参与青年政治活动的历史阶段。所有访谈对象均为基什内尔执政时期（2003-2015年）与巴西劳工党（Workers' Party）执政时期（2003-2016年）的亲政府组织成员。若结合选举波动频发、领导人绕过政党直接与民众建立政治联结的时代背景，审视政治与党派活动仍能悖论式存续这一现象，便不难理解活动家培训议题的研究价值。此外，尽管学界已对早期政治社会化议题给予充分关注，但针对个体加入组织后的内部政治培训问题，现有研究仍较为匮乏。研究结果表明，政治培训的传统内涵已发生重构，同时这些组织凭借执政身份给培训工作带来了诸多影响与挑战。