Bases sociais do integralismo: perfis de militância, razões de adesão e relações com o poder local

This report presents the activities and results of the 2025-2026 undergraduate research project on the social bases of Brazilian Integralism. The work combined bibliographical and documentary research on the Ação Integralista Brasileira (AIB), with emphasis on the social profiles of its members, the reasons for political adherence, and the movement's relations with local elites. Regional studies on Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo were examined and organized through thematic quotation files and a comparative table. Documentary research included the DESPS and Political Police collections at the Public Archive of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the Filinto Müller collection at Casa Acervo. References were recorded, documents concerning surveillance and repression between 1935 and 1938 were photographed, and digital files were prepared for analysis and sharing. The results show that adherence to Integralism cannot be explained by a single social or ideological factor. Anticommunism, nationalism, Catholic networks, criticism of liberal politics, material insecurity, local power disputes, institutional coercion, and the AIB's mobilizing practices combined differently across regions. The research produced an organized empirical basis for future qualitative and prosopographical analysis.