This work is intended to retrace the path of development of citizenship based on the strengthening of the values of liberty and equality in the context of western modernization. The gradual development of human rights as rights of citizenship, traveled several directions, according to political-valorative influences that led to its normalization at the regions of the planet who joined the individualistic revolution. Thus, the continuing difficulty of overcoming, at the same time, safeguarding the rights of liberty and equality has been shown to be the central divergence that prevents the achievement of citizenship in its entirety. It is clear, therefore, the floating condition that the concept of citizenship acquires, understood as a historical building while under the influence of competing forces to define the paths of social, cultural and economic development societies have chosen for themselves. The social movements as major actors of civil society organized for social change, in this sense, appear as the primary means of shaping social values and practices, whether in the sphere of life and in the institutional world, with the aim to increase citizenship globally. Their action, therefore, is the central object of this analysis. To accomplish this goal, will be realized a case study on the World Social Forum process during the eleven years of its existence with emphasis on the current state of civil society organization in the brazilian post democratic context, from the consequences of the phenomenon that the deepening of the hegemonic capitalist globalization has brought to this country and around the world.