Redefinindo a base teórica para o estudo dos partidos social-democratas =Refining the theoretical basis for the study of social democratic parties

A ciência política geralmente interpreta a social-democracia como modera o, ades o ao capitalismo e diferen as apenas residuais em rela o ao liberalismo de mercado. Este artigo advoga por outra defini o, baseada nas ideias de Kautsky e Bernstein, com dois elementos-chave: a importancia central da democracia representativa e parlamentar e o reconhecimento de que há limites para avan ar na transforma o social. O reformismo gradual que daí decorre é o meio pelo qual os partidos social-democratas buscam melhorar a vida de trabalhadores e excluídos. é discutida a dinamica interna dos partidos social-democratas, cuja tens o entre o pragmatismo “bernsteiniano” e o purismo “kautskiano” evita que a social-democracia vá para um dos extremos e se descaracterize. Debate-se o significado da modera o da social-democracia, a qual deve avan ar no limite das possibilidades e lutar para modificar tais limites. Ao pesquisador cabe avaliar esses avan os relativamente aos limites e as a es realizadas para reduzir tais restri es. Political Science uses to interpret social democracy as moderateness, adhesion to capitalism and only residual differences relatively to market liberalism. This paper advocates for another definition based on the ideas from Kautsky and Bernstein, containing two key elements: the core importance of representative and parliamentary democracy and the acknowledgement that there are constraints to the advancement of social transformation. The gradual reformism which results is the way social democratic parties use to pursue the improvement of the workers’ and excluded people’s lives. I discuss the internal dynamics of the social democratic parties, whose tension between “Bernsteinian” pragmatism and “Kautskyan” purism avoids that social democracy moves to one of the two extremes and loses its traits. I debate the meaning of moderateness in social democracy, which shall advance as far as possible and fight to transform the constraints. If that is happening it is what researchers shall investigate.