This handbook covers social movement activities in Latin American countries that have had profound consequences on the political culture of the region. It exami

The sociology of Latin America, established in the region over the past eighty years, is a thriving field whose major contributions include dependence theory, w

This book aims to revisit the interdisciplinary roots of social movement studies. Each discipline raises its own questions and approaches the subject from a dif

The two current trends of democratization and deepening economic liberalization have made Latin American countries a ground for massive defensive mobilization c

Since the re-democratization of much of Latin America in the 1980s and a regional wave of anti-austerity protests in the 1990s, social movement studies has beco