The Making of social movements in Latin America : identity, strategy, and democracy

Author(s)

• Escobar, Arturo
• Alvarez, Sonia E.

Bibliographic Information

The Making of social movements in Latin America : identity, strategy, and democracy

edited by Arturo Escobar, Sonia E. Alvarez

（Series in political economy and economic development in Latin America）

Westview Press, 1992

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-364) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hard ISBN 9780813312064

Description

This interdisciplinary textbook surveys the full spectrum of social movements in Latin America today - from peasant and squatter movements to women's and gay rights movements, as well as environmental and civic movements.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - theory and protest in Latin America today, Arturo Escobar and Sonia E. Alvarez. Part 1 Conceptualizing social movements in contemporary Latin America: social movements - actors, theories, expectations, Fernando Calderon et al
• Marxism, feminism and the struggle for democracy in Central America, Norma Chinchilla
• the study of new social movements in Latin America and the question of autonomy, Judith Adler Hellman
• culture, economics and politics in Latin American social movements theory and research, A. Escobar. Part 2 The making of collective identities: peasant protest, new social movements, and Rondas Campesinas in the Peruvian countryside, Orin Starn
• from resistance to social movement - the case of the indigenous authorities movement of Colombia, Maria Teresa Findji
• power, gender and development - popular women's organizations and the politics of needs in Ecuador, Amy Lind
• the Venezuelan ecology movement - symbolic effectiveness, social practice, and political strategies, Maria Pilar Garcia
• rethinking the study of social movements - the case of Christian based communities in urban Brazil, John Burdick
• homosexual identities in transitional Brazilian politics, Edward McRae. Part 3 Articulating strategies and democratizing democracy: feminism in Latin America - from Bogota to San Bernardo, Nancy Saporta Sternbach et al
• the evolution of urban popular movements in Mexico between 1968 and 1988, Vivienne Bennett
• radical opposition parties and squatters' movements in Pinochet's Chile, Cathy Schneider
• urban social movements, the state and the political system of Uruguay, Eduardo Canel
• popular movements in the context of the consolidation of democracy in Brazil, Ruth Correa Leite Cardoso
• social movements and political power in Latin America, Orlando Fals Borda
• conclusion - social movements in contemporary Latin America - theoretical and political horizons of change, S.E. Alvarez and A. Escobar.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780813312071

Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BA18381804
• ISBN:
  • 081331206X
  • 0813312078
• LCCN: 92009068
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boulder, Colo.
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 383 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HN110.5.A8
  • DC20 : 303.48/4/098
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social movements -- Latin America
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA01021360