Social Movements: Actors, Theories, Expectations

Calderón, Fernando; Piscitelli, Alejandro; Reyna, José Luis

doi:10.4324/9780429496301-3

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“…These top-down relations were to be replaced by decentralization and civil society participation, and in some countries with substantial indigenous groups and ethnic minorities by concessions on collective or cultural rights under a regime that many call neoliberal multiculturalism. This coincided with calls for autonomy (i.e., political independence) from political parties that social movements had been defending during the struggle against authoritarian rule throughout the 1980s (Calder on et al, 1992). Most rural movements distrusted the state but saw this state restructuring as an opportunity.…”

Section: S: the Emergence Of Peasant And Indigenous Autonomymentioning

confidence: 84%

“…In the 1980s during the period of struggle for democracy in Latin America, the term autonomy was most commonly used by social movements from across the region to refer to their independence from political parties and the state (Calder on et al, 1992). Even to this day, that is how the term is most often used and for the sake of clarity, we will use the term political autonomy to refer to this meaning of autonomy.…”

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Peasant and indigenous autonomy before and after the pink tide in Latin America

Zaldívar

González

Rubio³

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Journal of Agrarian Change

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Autonomy should not be understood as an inherent quality of rural subjects but as fundamentally a political and cultural project. This paper will present an overview of the evolution of the idea, project, and practice of peasant and indigenous autonomy in Latin America from the 1990s to today. It will trace the origins of the process and examine how the different dimensions of the concept of autonomy (economic, political, ideological, and ethnic) came together in the early 1990s to form a coherent although contradictory political project, which attempted to present an alternative to neoliberalism and political paternalism. The paper will assess the extent to which this project addressed the main challenges that the different sectors of the peasantry faced with the neoliberal restructuring of the economy and the deployment of neoliberal multiculturalism in the region. Through the case studies of Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Mexico, the paper will argue that the autonomy projects entailed serious contradictions since their inception because by wanting to solve some problems through certain mechanisms, rural

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Section: S: the Emergence Of Peasant And Indigenous Autonomymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Peasant and indigenous autonomy before and after the pink tide in Latin America

Zaldívar

González

Rubio³

et al. 2022

Journal of Agrarian Change

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“…New social movements comprise those that emerged in the late 1960s in industrialized countries, stemming from the transition to a post-industrial society. They differ from traditional class-based social movements in that they pursue self-determination and collective identity [19]. New social movements unfolded in a social space that extended beyond the fundamental capital and labor class conflict in industrial capitalism.…”

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“…Additionally, few studies have examined the value of plogging as an environmental movement. This study, therefore, aimed to critically analyze why plogging's value has not been recognized as an environmental movement in Korean society from the perspective of Offe's [18,19] new social movements. This study provides a discussion forum to thoroughly explore the value of plogging-an activity that is appreciated worldwide for its environmental protectiveness-from an academic viewpoint.…”

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Examining Plogging in South Korea as a New Social Movement: From the Perspective of Claus Offe’s New Social Movement Theory

Lee

Choi

2023

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This study examines plogging as an environmental movement, using Claus Offe’s new social movement theory to critically analyze why its value as an environmental movement has not been recognized in Korean society. Four rounds of in-depth interviews and narrative analysis were conducted between 2 October and 28 December 2022, which involved eight individuals who participated in and organized the plogging movement. The results revealed three reasons for plogging’s failure to be appreciated by Korean society as an environmental movement: (1) the plogging movement overlaps with existing social movements; (2) the generational gap related to plogging movement participants stemming from the “new middle class”; and (3) conglomerates using the plogging movement as a marketing tool. The plogging movement has value as a new proactive, social movement for environmental protection that centers on people’s participation. However, long-standing ideological and structural issues embedded in Korean society hinder the recognition of plogging’s value.

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“…On the other hand, from a 'cultural politics' perspective, social movements have an important role in democratization as they question the 'political culture' that excludes and oppresses certain groups of society. This is expressed in the struggle to democratize the whole of society and not only the political regime, including the cultural practices that embody the social relations of exclusion and inequality (Calderón et al 1992;Alvarez et al 1998). Social movements would play an important role in pressuring and stimulating the political system to be more responsive to the needs of (segments of) the citizenry, not only democratizing the political system but the society at large.…”

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Bolivia at the Crossroads

2021

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As Bolivia reels from the collapse of the government in November 2019, a wave of social protests, and now the impact of Covid-19, this book asks: where next for Bolivia?After almost 14 years in power, the government of Bolivia's frst indigenous president collapsed in 2019 amidst widescale protest and allegations of electoral fraud. The contested transitional government that emerged was quickly struck by the impacts of the Covid-19 public health crisis. This book refects on this critical moment in Bolivia's development from the perspectives of politics, the economy, the judiciary and the environment. It asks what key issues emerged during Evo Morales's administration and what are the main challenges awaiting the next government in order to steer the country through a new and uncertain road ahead.As the world considers what the ultimate legacy of Morales's leftwing social experiment will be, this book will be of great interest to researchers across the felds of Latin American studies, development, politics, and economics, as well as to professionals active in the promotion of development in the country and the region.

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Social Movements: Actors, Theories, Expectations

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Peasant and indigenous autonomy before and after the pink tide in Latin America

Peasant and indigenous autonomy before and after the pink tide in Latin America

Examining Plogging in South Korea as a New Social Movement: From the Perspective of Claus Offe’s New Social Movement Theory

Bolivia at the Crossroads

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