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Title Rethinking Latin American social movements : radical action from below / edited by Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker
Published Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 397 pages)
Series Latin American perspectives in the classroom
Latin American perspectives in the classroom.
Contents Introduction : New directions in Latin American social movements / Richard Stahler-Stolk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker -- Latin America : reinventing revolutions, an "other" politics in practice and theory / Sara C. Motta -- Mexico : challenges and difficulties of urban territories in resistance / Raúl Zibechi -- Mexico : political cultures, youth activism, and the legacy of the Oaxacan social movement of 2006 / Maurice Rafael Magaña -- Brazil : praxis of empowerment : mística and mobilization in Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) / Daniela Issa -- Central America/Mexico : network politics in the movement against the Plan Puebla-Panamá / Alicia Swords -- Honduras : refounding the nation, building a new kind of social movement / Suyapa Portillo Villeda -- Brazil : popular feminism and its roots and alliances / Nathalie Lebon -- Brazil : the contradictions of Black cultural politics in Salvador da Bahia / Kwame Dixon -- Mexico : autonomy, collective identity, and the Zapatista social movement / Richard Stahler-Sholk -- Argentina : against and beyond the state / Marina Sitrin -- Brazil : taking the streets, swarming public spaces : the 2013 popular protests / Harry E. Vanden -- Venezuela : Bolivarianism and the commune / George Ciccariello-Maher -- Ecuador : Correa, Indigenous movements, and the writing of a new constitution / Marc Becker -- Bolivia : MAS and the movements that brought it to state power / Leonidas Oikonomakis and Fran Espinoza -- El Salvador : horizontalism and the anti-mining movement / Rose J. Spalding -- Latin America : horizontal dialogue, agroecology, and CLOC/Via Campesina / María Elena Martínez-Torres and Peter M. Rosset -- Conclusion : Changing contexts and movement strategies / Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker
Summary "This groundbreaking text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social movements over the past fifteen years. Leading scholars examine a variety of cases that highlight significant shifts in the region. First is the breakdown of the Washington Consensus and the global economic crisis since 2008, accompanied by the rise of new paradigms such as buen vivir (living well). Second are transformations in internal movement dynamics and strategies, especially the growth of horizontalism (horizontalidad), which emphasizes non-hierarchical relations within society rather than directly tackling state power. Third are new dynamics of resistance and repression as movements interact with the 'pink tide' rise of left-of-center governments in the region. Exploring outcomes and future directions, the contributors consider the variations between movements arising from immediate circumstances (such as Oaxaca's 2006 uprising and Brazil's 2013 bus fare protests) and longer-lasting movements (Via Campesina, Brazil's MST, and Mexico's Zapatistas). Assessing both the continuities in social movement dynamics and important new tendencies, this book will be essential reading for all students of Latin American politics and society"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-377) and index
Notes English
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Subject Social movements -- Latin America
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Social movements
Sociala rörelser.
Latin America
Form Electronic book
Author Stahler-Sholk, Richard
Vanden, Harry E
Becker, Marc (Professor of history)
LC no. 2020738958
ISBN 9781442235694
1442235691