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Paul Almeida Allen Cordero Ulate Editors Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America
Editors Paul Almeida School of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts University of California, Merced, California USA Allen Cordero Ulate FLACSO-Costa Rica, San José Costa Rica ISSN 1389-6903 ISBN 978-94-017-9911-9 ISBN 978-94-017-9912-6 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9912-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015940753 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Netherlands is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents Part I Introduction: Movements Across Latin America 1 Social Movements Across Latin America... 3 Paul Almeida and Allen Cordero Ulate Part II Conceptual and Theoretical Advances 2 Social Movements and Progressive Regimes in Latin America: World Revolutions and Semiperipheral Development... 13 Christopher Chase-Dunn, Alessandro Morosin and Alexis Álvarez 3 There and Back Again : Latin American Social Movements and Reasserting the Powers of Structural Theories... 25 Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley and Susan Eva Eckstein 4 State Repression and Mobilization in Latin America... 43 David G. Ortiz 5 Protest Artifacts in the Mexican Social Movement Sector: Reflections on the Stepchild of Cultural Analysis... 61 Ligia Tavera Fenollosa and Hank Johnston Part III Critical Themes in Contemporary Popular Mobilization 6 Women s Movements in Latin America... 79 Lynn Horton 7 Latin American Social Movements and the Social Forum Process... 89 Ian Breckenridge-Jackson, Natasha Radojcic, Ellen Reese, Elizabeth Schwarz and Christopher Vito 8 Liberation Theology and Social Movements... 101 Robert Mackin v
vi Contents 9 Beyond Clientelism: The Piquetero Movement and the State in Argentina... 117 Federico M. Rossi Part IV Indigenous-Based Struggles Across the Continent 10 Indigenous Peoples Movements, Developments, and Politics in Ecuador and Bolivia... 131 Eduardo Silva 11 Sliding Doors of Opportunity: Zapatistas and Their Cycle of Protest... 145 María Inclán 12 Panama: Worker, Indigenous, and Popular Uprising in Bocas del Toro... 165 Giovanni Beluche V. Part V Urban-Based Movements in South America 13 It Takes Two to Tango: Students, Political Parties, and Protest in Chile (2005 2013)... 179 Marisa von Bülow and Germán Bidegain Ponte 14 Urban Social Movements in Venezuela... 195 Sujatha Fernandes 15 Squatters and Politics in Montevideo at the Turn of the Century... 205 María José Álvarez-Rivadulla Part VI Environmental Conflicts 16 The Environmentalism of NGOs Versus Environmentalism of the Poor? Mexico s Social Environmental Coalitions... 223 Jean Foyer and David Dumoulin Kervran 17 Environmental Conflicts and Social Movements in Postwar El Salvador... 237 Rafael E. Cartagena Cruz 18 Forest, Water, and Struggle: Environmental Movements in Costa Rica... 255 Allen Cordero Ulate
Contents vii Part VII Country Case Studies 19 Protest and Social Movements in Peru... 275 Moisés Arce 20 Social Movement Contention in Colombia, 1958 2014... 291 Marcela Velasco 21 Social Movements in Nicaragua (1979 2014): An Exceptional Case... 301 Salvador Martí i Puig 22 The Movement Against the Coup in Honduras... 313 Eugenio Sosa 23 Guatemalan Social Movements: From the Peace Process to a New Cycle of Popular Struggle, (1996 2013)... 327 Simona Violetta Yagenova 24 Trends of Social Protest in Argentina: 1989 2007... 335 Sebastián Pereyra, Germán J. Pérez and Federico L. Schuster 25 Brazilian Social Movements in the Last Decade... 361 Maria da Glória Gohn Index... 373
Contributors Paul Almeida University of California, Merced, CA, USA Alexis Álvarez University of California, Riverside, CA, USA María José Álvarez-Rivadulla Programa de Sociología, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia Moises Arce University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA Giovanni Beluche V. Extension and Social Action Divission, Universidad Técnica Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica Germán Bidegain Ponte Political Science Institute, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Ian Breckenridge-Jackson University of California, Riverside, USA Marisa von Bülow Political Science Institute, University of Brasilia, Brazil Political Science Institute, Pontifícia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Rafael E. Cartagena Cruz San Salvador, El Salvador Christopher Chase-Dunn University of California, Riverside, CA, USA Allen Cordero Ulate FLACSO-Costa Rica and the Department of Sociology, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica David Dumoulin Kervran Institut des Hautes Etudes de l Amérique Latine (IHEAL) CREDA, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France Susan Eva Eckstein Boston University, Boston, USA Ligia Tavera Fenollosa Department of Sociology, FLACSO México, México D.F., C.P., Mexico Sujatha Fernandes City University of New York, New York, USA Jean Foyer Institut des Sciences de la Communication, CNRS-Sorbonne Université-UPMC, Paris, France ix
x Contributors Maria da Glória Gohn UNICAMP/ CNPq, Campinas, Brazil Lynn Horton Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA María Inclán División de Estudios Políticos, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, México, D.F., México Hank Johnston Department of Sociology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA Robert Mackin Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA Salvador Martí i Puig Girona University, Girona, Spain Alessandro Morosin University of California, Riverside, CA, USA David G. Ortiz New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA Sebastián Pereyra CONICET Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina Germán J. Pérez Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Natasha Radojcic University of California, Riverside, USA Ellen Reese University of California, Riverside, USA Federico M. Rossi Tulane University, New Orleans, USA Federico L. Schuster Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina Elizabeth Schwarz University of California, Riverside, USA Eduardo Silva Tulane University, New Orleans, USA Eugenio Sosa UNAH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Marcela Velasco Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA Christopher Vito University of California, Riverside, USA Timothy P. Wickham-Crowley Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA Simona Violetta Yagenova FLACSO-Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala