Arturo Escobar, Sonia E Alvarez

The Making Of Social Movements In Latin America (eBook, PDF)

Identity, Strategy, And Democracy

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book, paying attention to the axes of identity, strategy, and democracy, grew out of the authors' shared and growing interest in contemporary social movements and the vast theoretical literature on these movements produced during the 1980s, particularly in Latin America and Western Europe.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 383
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429964855
• Artikelnr.: 54010508

Autorenporträt

Arturo Escobar is assistant professor of anthropology at Smith College. Sonia E. Alvarez is associate professor of politics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Arturo Escobar is assistant professor of anthropology at Smith College. Sonia E. Alvarez is associate professor of politics at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Theory and Protest in Latin America Today
Conceptualizing Social Movements in Contemporary Latin America
Social Movements: Actors, Theories, Expectations
Marxism, Feminism, and the Struggle for Democracy in Latin America
The Study of New Social Movements in Latin America and the Question of Autonomy
Culture, Economics, and Politics in Latin American Social Movements Theory and Research
The Making of Collective Identities
"I Dreamed of Foxes and Hawks": Reflections on Peasant Protest, New Social Movements, and the Rondas Campesinas of Northern Peru
From Resistance to Social Movement: The Indigenous Authorities Movement in Colombia
Power, Gender, and Development: Popular Women's Organizations and the Politics of Needs in Ecuador
The Venezuelan Ecology Movement: Symbolic Effectiveness, Social Practices, and Political Strategies
Rethinking the Study of Social Movements: The Case of Christian Base Communities in Urban Brazil
Homosexual Identities in Transitional Brazilian Politics
Articulating Strategies and Democratizing Democracy
Feminisms in Latin America: From Bogota to San Bernardo
The Evolution of Urban Popular Movements in Mexico Between 1968 and 1988
Radical Opposition Parties and Squatters Movements in Pinochet's Chile
Democratization and the Decline of Urban Social Movements in Uruguay: A Political
Institutional Account
Popular Movements in the Context of the Consolidation of Democracy in Brazil
Social Movements and Political Power in Latin America
Conclusion: Theoretical and Political Horizons of Change in Contemporary Latin American Social Movements
About the Book
Series in Political Economy and Economic Development in Latin America