A AÇÃO COLETIVA E SEUS INTÉRPRETES

This article intention is to give the theorical and intellectual map production regarding  collective actions. For such, we will analyze the propositions of five thinkers who have work for  the better understanding of this question. We will discuss the contributions of the Chicago  School, especially psic-sociology, and Herbert Blumer symbolic interactionism; the classical  Marxists approaches on collective actions; Claus Offe and the Marxist point of view on the new  models of collective actions; Charles Tilly and his social-historic perspective analysis about  social movements; and finally Mancur Olson and collective action from a rational perspective. What we intend is to present comparatively the theorical and practical similarities and exclusions  of these contemporary authors who contribute with collective actions today.