María Inclán

The Zapatista Movement and Mexico's Democratic Transition (eBook, PDF)

Mobilization, Success, and Survival

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Transitions from authoritarian to democratic governments can provide ripe scenarios for the emergence of new, insurgent political actors and causes. During peaceful transitions, such movements may become influential political players and gain representation for previously neglected interests and sectors of the population. But for this to happen, insurgent social movements need opportunities for mobilization, success, and survival. What happens to insurgent social movements that emerge during a democratic transition but fail to achieve their goals? How influential are they? Are they able to survive their initial mobilizing boom? To answer these questions, Mar?a Incl?n looks at Mexico's Zapatista movement, whose emergence she argues was caught between "sliding doors" of opportunity. The Zapatistas were able to mobilize sympathy and support for the indigenous agenda inside and outside of the country, yet failed to achieve their goals vis-?-vis the Mexican state. Nevertheless, the movement has survived and sustained its autonomy despite lacking legal recognition. Incl?n examines the vitality of the movement during various tests of the emergent democracy (during more competitive elections, under various political parties, and amid various repressive measures). She also looks at state responsiveness to movement demands and the role of transnational networks in the movement's survival. Framing the relative achievements and failures of the Zapatista movement within Mexico's democratization is essential to understand how social movements develop and survive and how responsive an electoral democracy really is. As such, this book offers a test to the quality of Mexico's democracy and to the resilience of the Zapatista movement, as it identifies the extent to which emerging political forces have failed to incorporate dissident and previously excluded political actors into the new polity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190869472
• Artikelnr.: 54555651

Autorenporträt

María Inclán is Associate Professor of Political Science at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, México.

Inhaltsangabe

* Table of Contents
* List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
* Acknowledgments
* Chapter 1: Introduction
* Chapter 2: Sliding Doors of Opportunities: Mobilization, Success, and
Survival
* Chapter 3: Opportunities for Mobilization: Openings, Elites, Allies,
and Threats
* Chapter 4: Opportunities for Success: Negotiations, Elites, and
Allies
* Chapter 5: Opportunities for Survival: Transnational Solidarity
Networks and Discourse Framing
* Chapter 6. Zapatistas between Sliding Doors of Opportunities