88 research outputs found
Theorizing social movements
No full text"In this first volume in the Critical Studies on Latin America series, Joe Foweraker presents and clarifies the main theories of social movements. Based on over twenty-five years of grassroots research, Theorizing Social Movements combines the first full synopsis of social movement theory with a fully integrated account of social movement activity throughout Latin America." "Professor Foweraker reveals how social movements change individual and community life in Latin America and assesses their political impact on government policies, citizenship rights and the achievement of democracy rule. Including a specific focus on women's mobilisation. This is a cogent wide-ranging review of social struggle in Latin America."--BOOK JACKET
Joe Foweraker, Popular Mobilization in Mexico, The Teacher's Movement, 1977-1987
No full textDehouve Danièle. Joe Foweraker, Popular Mobilization in Mexico, The Teacher's Movement, 1977-1987. In: Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. 50ᵉ année, N. 6, 1995. pp. 1382-1383
Protest and repression in democratic systems: a comparative analysis with a focus on Brazil
No full textThis thesis focuses on whether protest affects the levels of repression in electoral democracies and, if so, in what manner. After an overview of the literature, Chapter 2 contains an empirical analysis of the relationship between protest and repression at a global level, using a dataset of 71 democracies over 10 years. The results point to a positive association between protest and repression that is driven primarily by post-1974 democracies. The chapter then develops a theoretical model of the costs and benefits accruing to a democratic leader when deciding whether to repress a protest. The model yields a number of testable hypotheses about which factors will affect the likelihood that repression will be chosen, which are then tested for using cross-national and sub-national data. The impact of constitutional constraints is examined first using the cross-national dataset, which reveals that executives in new democracies centralise power in response to protest. Chapter 4 is a quantitative study of the 27 Brazilian states over a 9-year period using data on the repression of land protesters and political variables. The results indicate that governors with precarious political positions are less likely to promote repressive policing strategies. Chapter 5 uses data drawn from five Brazilian national newspapers to identify whether under-reporting of land protest events might contribute to the level of state repression. Chapter 6 is a qualitative comparison of two states – São Paulo and Pará – and suggests that while tight political control over the police explains repression in the former, the unaccountability of the police and the ideology of the main opposition parties in the state assembly may explain why the latter has a much higher level of repression than would be predicted by political factors alone. Chapter 7 revisits the cross-national dataset of 71 democracies to test whether additional determinants of repression identified in Chapter 6 have an effect at the global level
Trades Unions
No full textThis handbook article summarises key features of trades union development, organisation and strategy
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