Abstract:
With the beginning of the transition towards Democracy in Brazil in 1985, the Landless Workers Movement (MST), the biggest Social Movement in Latin America, has appeard. It´s existence and fast development marked a change in the brazilian political system, wich until then had rejected independent organizations representing the interests of the rural population. In my Magister Thesis I will analyze the institutionalization of the MST, focussing on the interaction of the movement with the political system since its foundation in 1985 until 2005. In addition follows a short study on the beginning institutionalization of the MST on the international level by focussing on the interaction between the Vía Campesina and the United Nations.