Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America / edited by Paul Almeida, Allen Cordero Ulate.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Almeida, Paul., Editor.

Cordero, Allen, Editor.

Series:

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, 1389-6903

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Political science.

Philosophy and social sciences.

Sociology, general.

Political Science.

Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Sociology, general.

Political Science.

Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This handbook covers social movement activities in Latin American countries that have had profound consequences on the political culture of the region. It examines the developments of the past twenty years, such as a renewed upswing in popular mobilization, the ending of violent conflicts and military governments, new struggles and a relatively more democratic climate. It shows that, from southern Chiapas to Argentina, social movements in the 1990s, and especially in the 2000s, have reached new heights of popular participation. There is a lack of research on the politics of this region in the contemporary era of globalization, this volume partially fills the void and offers a rich resource to students, scholars, and the general public in terms of understanding the politics of mass mobilization in the early twenty-first century. The contributors each address social movement activity in their own nation, and together they present a multidisciplinary perspective on the topic. Each chapter uses a case study design to bring out the most prominent attributes of the particular social struggle(s), for instance the main protagonists in the campaigns, the grievances of the population, and the outcomes of the struggles. This Handbook is divided into seven substantive themes, providing overall coherence to a broad range of social conflicts across countries, issues, and social groups. These themes include: 1) theory of Latin American social movements; 2) neoliberalism; 3) indigenous struggles; 4) women’s movements; 5) movements and the State; 6) environmental movements; and 7) transnational mobilizations.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Social Movements across Latin America; Paul Almeida and Allen Cordero

PART I: CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL ADVANCES

Chapter 2. Social Movements and Progressive Regimes in Latin America: World Revolutions and Semiperipheral Development; Christopher Chase-Dunn, Alessandro Morosin and Alexis Álvarez

Chapter 3. “There and Back Again”: Latin American Social Movements and Reasserting the Powers of Structural Theories; Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley and Susan Eva Eckstein

Chapter 4. State Repression and Mobilization in Latin America; David G. Ortiz

Chapter 5. Protest Artifacts in the Mexican Social Movement Sector: Reflections on the “Stepchild” of Cultural Analysis; Ligia Tavera Fenollosa and Hank Johnston

PART II: CRITICAL THEMES IN CONTEMPORARY POPULAR MOBILIZATION

Chapter 6. Women’s Movements in Latin America; Lynn Horton

Chapter 7. Latin American Social Movements and the World Social Forum Process; Ian Breckenridge-Jackson, Natasha Radojcic, Ellen Reese, Elizabeth Schwarz, and Christopher Vito

Chapter 8. Social Movements and Liberation Theology; Robert Mackin

Chapter 9. Beyond Clientelism: The Piquetero Movement and the State in Argentina M; Federico M. Rossi

PART III: INDIGENOUS BASED STRUGGLES ACROSS THE CONTINENT

Chapter 10. Indigenous Peoples’ Movements, Development, and Politics in Ecuador and Bolivia; Eduardo Silva

Chapter 11. Sliding Doors of Opportunity: Zapatistas and their Cycle of Protest; María Inclán

Chapter 12. Panama: Worker, Indigenous and Popular Uprising in Bocas del Toro (2011); Giovanni Beluche V.

PART IV: URBAN BASED MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH AMERICA

Chapter 13. It Takes Two to Tango: Students, Political Parties and Protest in Chile (2005-2013); Marisa von Bülow and Germán Bidegain Ponte

Chapter 14. Urban Social Movements in Venezuela; Sujatha Fernandes

Chapter 15. Squatters and Politics in Montevideo at the Turn of the Century; María José Álvarez-Rivadulla

PART V: ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS

Chapter 16. Environmentalism of NGOs versus Environmentalism of the Poor? Mexico’s Social Environmentalism Coalitions; David Dumoulin Kervran and Jean Foyer

Chapter 17. Environmental Conflicts and Social Movements in Post-war El Salvador; Rafael E. Cartagena Cruz

Chapter 18. Forest, Water and Struggle: Environmental Movements in Costa Rica; Allen Cordero Ulate

PART VI. COUNTRY CASE STUDIES

Chapter 19. Protest and Social Movements in Peru; Moises Arce

Chapter 20. Social Movement Contention in Colombia, 1958-2014; Marcela Velasco

Chapter 21. Social Movements in Nicaragua (1979-2014): An Exceptional Case; Salvador Martí i Puig

Chapter 22. The Movement against the Coup in Honduras; Eugenio Sosa

Chapter 23. Guatemalan social movements: From the peace process to a new cycle of popular struggle, (1996-2014); Simona Violetta Yagenova

Chapter 24. Trends of Social Protest in Argentina: 1989-2007; Sebastián Pereyra, Germán J. Pérez and Federico L. Schuster

Chapter 25. Brazilian Social Movements in the Last Decade; Maria Da Gloria Gohn.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-017-9912-1