The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy, and Democracy.

Abstract

* Introduction: Theory and Protest in Latin America Today Arturo Escobar and Sonia E. Alvarez. Conceptualizing Social Movements In Contemporary Latin America * Social Movements: Actors, Theories, Expectations Fernando Caldern, Alejandro Piscitelli, and Jos Luis Reyna. * Marxism, Feminism, and the Struggle for Democracy in Latin America Norma Stoltz Chinchilla. * The Study of New Social Movements in Latin America and the Question of Autonomy Judith Adler Hellman. * Culture, Economics, and Politics in Latin American Social Movements Theory and Research A. Escobar. 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 Orin Starn. * From Resistance to Social Movement: The Indigenous Authorities Movement in Colombia Mara Teresa Findji. * Power, Gender, and Development: Popular Women's Organizations and the Politics of Needs in Ecuador Amy Conger Lind. * The Venezuelan Ecology Movement: Symbolic Effectiveness, Social Practices, and Political Strategies Mara Pilar Garca. * Rethinking the Study of Social Movements: The Case of Christian Base Communities in Urban Brazil John Burdick. * Homosexual Identities in Transitional Brazilian Politics Edward MacRae. Articulating Strategies And Democratizing Democracy * Feminisms in Latin America: From Bogot to San Bernardo Nancy Saporta Sternbach, Marysa Navarro-Aranguren, Patricia Chuchryk, and S. E. Alvarez. * The Evolution of Urban Popular Movements in Mexico Between 1968 and 1988 Vivienne Bennett. * Radical Opposition Parties and Squatters Movements in Pinochet's Chile Cathy Schneider. * Democratization and the Decline of Urban Social Movements in Uruguay: A Political-Institutional Account Eduardo Canel. * Popular Movements in the Context of the Consolidation of Democracy in Brazil Ruth Corra Leite Cardoso. * Social Movements and Political Power in Latin America Orlando Fals Borda. * Conclusion: Theoretical and Political Horizons of Change in Contemporary Latin American Social Movements S. E. Alvarez and A. Escobar. *