The Making of Social Movements in Latin

"During the last decade, Latin American social movements have brought about a profound transformation in the nature and practice of protest and collective action. This book surveys the full spectrum of"

Arturo Escobar is assistant professor of anthropology at Smith College. Sonia E. Alvarez is associate professor of politics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Arturo Escobar is assistant professor of anthropology at Smith College. Sonia E. Alvarez is associate professor of politics at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Preface and Acknowledgments

ix

About the Editors and Contributors

xiii

Introduction: Theory and Protest in Latin American Today

1

(18)

Arturo Escobar

Sonia E. Alvarez

PART 1 CONCEPTUALIZING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA

Social Movements: Actors, Theories, Expectations

19

(18)

Fernando Calderon

Alejandro Piscitelli

Jose Luis Reyna

Marxism, Feminism, and the Struggle for Democracy in Latin America

37

(15)

Norma Stoltz Chinchilla

The Study of New Social Movements in Latin America and the Question of Autonomy

52

(10)

Judith Adler Hellman

Culture, Economics, and Politics in Latin American Social Movements Theory and Research

62

(27)

Arturo Escobar

PART 2 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

89

(23)

Orin Starn

From Resistance to Social Movement: The Indigenous Authorities Movement in Colombia

112

(22)

Maria Teresa Findji

Power, Gender, and Development: Popular Women's Organizations and the Politics of Needs in Ecuador

134

(16)

Amy Conger Lind

The Venezuelan Ecology Movement: Symbolic Effectiveness, Social Practices, and Political Strategies

150

(21)

Maria Pilar Garcia

Rethinking the Study of Social Movements: The Case of Christian Base Communities in Urban Brazil

171

(14)

John Burdick

Homosexual Identities in Transitional Brazilian Politics

185

(22)

Edward MacAre

PART 3 ARTICULATING STRATEGIES AND DEMOCRATIZING DEMOCRACY

Feminisms in Latin America: From Bogota to San Bernardo

207

(33)

Nancy Saporta Strenbach

Marysa Navarro-Aranguren

Patricia Churchryk

Sonia E. Alvaerz

The Evlution of Urban Popular Movements in Mexico Between 1968 and 1988

240

(20)

Vivienne Bennett

Radical Opposition Parties and Squatters Movements in Pinochet's Chile

260

(16)

Cathy Schneider

Democratization and the Decline of Urban Social Movements in Uruguay: A Political-Institutional Account

276

(15)

Eduardo Canel

Popular Movements in the Context of the Consolidation of Democracy in Brazil

291

(12)

Ruth Correa Leite Cardoso

Social Movements and Political Power in Latin America

303

(14)

Orlando Fals Borda

Conclusion: Theoretical and Political Horizons of Change in Contemporary Latin American Social Movement

317

(14)

Sonia E. Alvarez

Arturo Escobar

List of Acronyms

331

(3)

Bibliography

334

(31)

About the Book

365

(1)

About the Series

366

(1)

Index

367

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The Making of Social Movements in Latin America

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