The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy, and Democracy (Series in Political Economy and Economic Development in Latin America)

"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 movements in Latin America today-from peasant and squatter movements to women's and gay movements, as well as environmental and civic movements - examining how this diverse mosaic of emergent social actors has prompted social scientists to rethink the dynamics of Latin American social and political change. Whereas the prevailing theories of social movements have largely drawn on Western cases, this volume includes the work of prominent Latin American scholars and incorporates analytical perspectives originating in the region. Contributors discuss the three dimensions of change most commonly attributed to Latin American social movements in the 1980s: their role in forging collective identities; their innovative social practices and political strategies; and their actual or potential contributions to alternative visions of development and to the democratization of political institutions and social relations. This interdisciplinary text provides both specialists and students of social movements with a unique, comprehensive, and accessible collection of essays that is unprecedented in theoretical and empirical scope. It will be useful in a wide range of graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in Latin American studies, comparative politics, sociology and anthropology, development studies, political economy, and contemporary political and cultural theory."--Provided by publisher 1. Introduction: Theory and Protest in Latin America Today, Arturo Escobar and Sonia E. Alvarez PART 1: CONCEPTUALIZING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA 2. Social Movements: Actors, Theories, Expectations, Fernando Calderon, Alejandro Piscitelli, and Jose Luis Reyna 3. Marxism, Feminism, and the Struggle for Democracy in Latin America, Norma Stoltz Chinchilla 4. The Study of New Social Movements in Latin America and the Question of Autonomy, Judith Adler Hellman 5. Culture, Economics, and Politics in Latin American Social Movements Theory and Research, Arturo Escobar PART 2: THE MAKING OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES 6. “I Dreamed of Foxes and Hawks”: Reflections on Peasant Protest, New Social Movements, and the Rondas Campesinas of Northern Peru, Orin Starn 7. From Resistance to Social Movement: The Indigenous Authorities Movement in Colombia, María Teresa Findji 8. Power, Gender, and Development: Popular Women’s Organizations and the Politics of Needs in Ecuador, Amy Conger hind 9. The Venezuelan Ecology Movement: Symbolic Effectiveness, Social Practices, and Political Strategies, María Pilar García 10. Rethinking the Study of Social Movements: The Case of Christian Base Communities in Urban Brazil, John Burdick 11. Homosexual Identities in Transitional Brazilian Politics, Edward MacRae PART 3: ARTICULATING STRATEGIES AND DEMOCRATIZING DEMOCRACY 12. Feminisms in Latin America: From Bogotá to San Bernardo, Nancy Saporta Sternbach, Marysa Navarro-Aranguren, Patricia Chuchryk, and Sonia E. Alvarez 13. The Evolution of Urban Popular Movements in Mexico Between 1968 and 1988, Vivienne Bennett 14. Radical Opposition Parties and Squatters Movements in Pinochet’s Chile, Cathy Schneider 15. Democratization and the Decline of Urban Social Movements in Uruguay: A Political-Institutional Account, Eduardo Canel 16. Popular Movements in the Context of the Consolidation of Democracy in Brazil, Ruth Corrêa Leite Cardoso 17. Social Movements and Political Power in Latin America, Orlando Fals Borda 18. Conclusion: Theoretical and Political Horizons of Change in Contemporary Latin American Social Movements, Sonia E. Alvarez and Arturo Escobar Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- About the Editors and Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Theory and Protest in Latin America Today -- PART 1: CONCEPTUALIZING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICA -- 2 Social Movements: Actors, Theories, Expectations -- 3 Marxism, Feminism, and the Struggle for Democracy in Latin America -- 4 The Study of New Social Movements in Latin America and the Question of Autonomy -- 5 Culture, Economics, and Politics in Latin American Social Movements Theory and Research -- PART 2 THE MAKING OF COLLECTIVE IDENTITIES -- 6 "I Dreamed of Foxes and Hawks": Reflections on Peasant Protest, New Social Movements, and the Rondas Campesinas of Northern Peru -- 7 From Resistance to Social Movement: The Indigenous Authorities Movement in Colombia -- 8 Power, Gender, and Development: Popular Women's Organizations and the Politics of Needs in Ecuador -- 9 The Venezuelan Ecology Movement: Symbolic Effectiveness, Social Practices, and Political Strategies -- 10 Rethinking the Study of Social Movements: The Case of Christian Base Communities in Urban Brazil -- 11 Homosexual Identities in Transitional Brazilian Politics -- PART 3 ARTICULATING STRATEGIES AND DEMOCRATIZING DEMOCRACY -- 12 Feminisms in Latin America: From Bogotá to San Bernardo, Nancy Saporta Sternbach, Marysa Navarro-Aranguren -- 13 The Evolution of Urban Popular Movements in Mexico Between 1968 and 1988 -- 14 Radical Opposition Parties and Squatters Movements in Pinochet's Chile -- 15 Democratization and the Decline of Urban Social Movements in Uruguay: A Political-Institutional Account -- 16 Popular Movements in the Context of the Consolidation of Democracy in Brazil -- 17 Social Movements and Political Power in Latin America 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. If we had proposed, a quarter century ago, to undertake a study of social movements, we would have analyzed national liberation movements; populist or national popular movements; labor union, peasant, and agrarian reform movements; and student revolutionary movements.