Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy
This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Part introductions help students contextualize the essays, highlighting social movement origins, strategies, and outcomes. Thematic sections address historical context, political economy, community-building and consciousness, ethnicity and race, gender, movement strategies, and transnational organizing, making this book useful to anyone studying the wide range of social movements in Latin America.
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Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy
This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Part introductions help students contextualize the essays, highlighting social movement origins, strategies, and outcomes. Thematic sections address historical context, political economy, community-building and consciousness, ethnicity and race, gender, movement strategies, and transnational organizing, making this book useful to anyone studying the wide range of social movements in Latin America.
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Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy

Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy

Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy
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Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century: Resistance, Power, and Democracy

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This clearly written and comprehensive text examines the uprising of politically and economically marginalized groups in Latin American societies. Part introductions help students contextualize the essays, highlighting social movement origins, strategies, and outcomes. Thematic sections address historical context, political economy, community-building and consciousness, ethnicity and race, gender, movement strategies, and transnational organizing, making this book useful to anyone studying the wide range of social movements in Latin America.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780742556461
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/18/2008
Series: Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom
Pages: 404
Product dimensions: 6.38(w) x 9.41(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Richard Stahler-Sholk is associate professor of political science at Eastern Michigan University. Harry E. Vanden is professor of government and international affairs at the University of South Florida. Glen David Kuecker is associate professor of Latin American history at DePauw University.

Table of Contents


Foreword   Ronald H. Chilcote     ix
Introduction   Richard Stahler-Sholk   Harry E. Vanden   Glen David Kuecker     1
Historical Continuities and New Trends     17
Power and Social Movements in the Other Occident: Latin America in an International Context   David Slater     21
Social Movements, Hegemony, and New Forms of Resistance   Harry E. Vanden     39
Neoliberal Globalization and Democracy Lite: The Changing Political/Economic Context of Social Movements     57
Mexican Popular Movements, Clientelism, and the Process of Democratization   Judith Adler Hellman     61
Struggles against Accumulation by Dispossession in Bolivia: The Political Economy of Natural Resource Contention   Susan Spronk   Jeffery R. Webber     77
Community-Building Strategies, Consciousness, and Agents of Social Change     93
Fighting for the Forests Revisited: Grassroots Resistance to Mining in Northern Ecuador   Glen David Kuecker     97
Resisting Neoliberal Homogenization: The Zapatista Autonomy Movement   Richard Stahler-Sholk     113
Praxis of Empowerment: Mistica and Mobilization in Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement   Daniela Issa     131
Ethnicity and Race in Social and PoliticalMovements     147
Zapatista Anti-Capitalist Politics and the "Other Campaign": Learning from the Struggle for Indigenous Rights and Autonomy   Mariana Mora     151
Pachakutik and Indigenous Political Party Politics in Ecuador   Marc Becker     165
Transnational Black Social Movements in Latin America: Afro-Colombians and the Struggle for Human Rights   Kwame Dixon     181
Politics Is Uma Coisinha de Mulher (a Woman's Thing): Black Women's Leadership in Neighborhood Movements in Brazil   Keisha-Khan Y. Perry     197
Gender and Women's Movements     213
Recasting "Popular" Movements: Gender and Political Learning in Neighborhood Organizations in Chile   Veronica Schild     217
Casa Amiga: Feminist Community-Building in Ciudad Juarez as an Alternative to the Structural Violence of Globalization   Joanna Swanger     233
Repertoires and Sites of Contention: Parties, Shop Floors, and Streets     249
Neoliberalism, Corruption, and Legacies of Contention: Argentina's Social Movements, 1993-2006   Roberta Villalon     253
New Social Movements with Old Party Politics: The MTL Piqueteros and the Communist Party in Argentina   Isabella Alcaniz   Melissa Scheier     271
Transnational Dimensions of Social Movements     287
Neo-Zapatista Network Politics: Transforming Democracy and Development   Alicia C. S. Swords     291
La Via Campesina: Transnationalizing Peasant Struggle and Hope   Maria Elena Martinez-Torres   Peter M. Rosset     307
Neoliberal Regionalism and Resistance in Mesoamerica: Foro Mesoamericano Opposition to Plan Puebla-Panama and CAFTA   Rose J. Spalding     323
Challenges Ahead for Latin America's Social Movements   Glen David Kuecker   Richard Stahler-Sholk   Harry E. Vanden     337
References     343
Index     377
About the Contributors     393

What People are Saying About This

Neil Harvey

Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century offers students up-to-date and in-depth analysis of a wide variety of popular struggles in the region. The volume provides an excellent blend of theoretical arguments and empirical analyses that will help students understand the scope and vitality of resistance movements and their potential for achieving lasting change in Latin America. Essential reading for all students of Latin American politics, sociology and anthropology.

Philip Oxhorn

Latin American Social Movements in the Twenty-first Century offers one of the most comprehensive reviews of civil society's mobilization in the region today. Combining case studies with a broad historical overview, the volume will be of great interest to those who want to understand the dynamic challenges currently faced by Latin American democracies.

Francisco Panizza

A wide-ranging and up-to-date study of the role of social movements in the fight for social and political change in contemporary Latin America. Extremely useful for understanding grassroots politics in the region.

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