Overview

The two current trends of democratization and deepening economic liberalization have made Latin American countries a ground for massive defensive mobilization campaigns and have created new sites of popular struggle. In this edited volume on Latin American social movements, original chapters are combined with peer-reviewed articles from the well-regarded journal Mobilization. Each section represents a major theme in Latin American social movement research. Original chapters discuss the Madres de Plaza de Mayo movement in Argentina and the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico. Also included in the book's coverage of the region's major movements are los piqueteros and antisweatshop labor organizing. This is the first study to focus closely on the related issues of neoliberal globalization, democratization, and the workings of transnational advocacy networks in Latin America.

Full Product Details

Author:   Dr. Hank Johnston ,  Paul Almeida
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 18.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   0.667kg
ISBN:  

9780742553316

ISBN 10:   0742553310
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   11 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Part 1 Popular Protest in the Neoliberal Era Chapter 2 Neoliberal Globalization and Popular Movements in Latin America Chapter 3 Austerity Protests and Immiserating Growth in Mexico and Argentina Chapter 4 Popular Protest in Venezuela: Novelties and Continuities Chapter 5 Social Movement Unionism, Social Movement Partyism, and Policy Outcomes: Health Care Privatization in El Salvador Part 6 Democratization and the New Contentious Politics Chapter 7 Clientelism and Democracy in Mexico: The Role of Strong and Weak Networks Chapter 8 Claim Network Analysis: How Are Social ProtestsTransformed into Political Protests in Mexico? Part 9 Gendered Resistance and Neoliberalism Chapter 10 The Mature Resistance of Argentina's Madres de Plaza de Mayo Chapter 11 A Place of Their Own? Women Organizers in the Maquilas of Mexico and Nicaragua Part 12 The Moral Economy of Protest Participation Chapter 13 The Moral Politics of Argentine Crowds Chapter 14 Families, Fields, and Fighting for Land: The Spatial Dynamics of Contention in Rural Brazil Part 15 Transnational Dimensions of Latin American Social Movements Chapter 16 The Zapatistas and Transnational Framing Chapter 17 When Local Troubles Become Transnational: The Transformation of a Guatemalan Indigenous Rights Movement Chapter 18 Transnational Labor Mobilizing in Two Mexican Maquiladoras

Reviews

Latin American Social Movements is a panorama of the various types of social movements that have arisen under the new context of liberalization in Latin America. It analyzes protests against the privatization caused by neoliberal policies, cuts in urban public services, and demands for adequate housing and land. It also discusses claims for social justice and environmental protection. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to know and understand the current social mobilizations, the wave of contentions, and the new types of popular movements that appeared in Latin America in 1990 and continue today.--Maria da Gl ria Gohn

Author Information

Hank Johnston is editor of Mobilization: An International Journal, San Diego State University, where he teaches social psychology and social change. Paul Almeida is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University.

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