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New Social Movements in Brazil and Argentina
Research Guide
What is New Social Movements in Brazil and Argentina?
New Social Movements in Brazil and Argentina refer to grassroots mobilizations emerging in the 1980s that influenced democratization by reshaping political culture and civic participation.
Studies center on movements in post-authoritarian Brazil and Argentina, analyzing their role in democratic transitions (Mainwaring and Viola, 1984, 101 citations). Research employs network analysis to map civil society organizations in São Paulo (Gurza Lavalle et al., 2007, 29 citations). Approximately 10 key papers document these dynamics from 1984 to 2024.
Why It Matters
These movements shaped Brazil's and Argentina's transitions from military rule to democracy, fostering civic engagement models still relevant today (Mainwaring and Viola, 1984). Network studies reveal how civil organizations in São Paulo drive policy influence, informing urban governance strategies (Gurza Lavalle et al., 2007). Insights apply to contemporary activism, aiding analysis of protest dispositions across Latin America (Cuevas Ossandón and Villalobos, 2018).
Key Research Challenges
Measuring Movement Impact
Quantifying how 1980s movements altered political culture remains difficult due to sparse longitudinal data (Mainwaring and Viola, 1984). Researchers struggle with causal links between activism and democratization outcomes. Network metrics help but overlook informal networks (Gurza Lavalle et al., 2007).
Comparative Cross-Country Analysis
Differences in Brazil's and Argentina's authoritarian legacies complicate direct comparisons of movement strategies. Studies note varying democratization paths but lack unified frameworks (Mainwaring and Viola, 1984). Regional contexts like Chile add further variability (Miranda, 2024).
Data on Informal Networks
Capturing decentralized, non-registered movements challenges survey methods. São Paulo research identifies central actors via networks but misses peripheral ones (Gurza Lavalle et al., 2007). Protest data from Latinobarómetro reveals trends but not mechanisms (Cuevas Ossandón and Villalobos, 2018).
Essential Papers
New Social Movements, Political Culture, and Democracy: Brazil and Argentina in the 1980s
Scott Mainwaring, Erica Viola · 1984 · Telos · 101 citations
Abstract One of the most important phenomena in contemporary South America has been the tendency towards more democratic systems. After protracted periods of authoritarian rule, Brazil, Argentina, ...
Protagonistas na sociedade civil: redes e centralidades de organizações civis em São Paulo
Adrián Gurza Lavalle, Graziela Castello, Renata Bichir · 2007 · Dados · 29 citations
"Using network analysis, this article identifies the main leading collectiveactors within civil society, and especially their different logics of performanceand the dynamics of interaction amongst ...
Free education! A 'live' report from the Chilean student movement, 2011-2014 - reform or revolution? [A political sociology for action]
Elisabeth Simbuerger, Mike Neary · 2015 · Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln) · 20 citations
This paper provides a report on the Chilean student movement, 2011 – 2014, from the perspective of the students themselves, based on the research question: are the student protesters for reform or ...
Reflections on local participatory democracy in Latin America
Felipe Addor · 2018 · Revista de Administração Pública · 7 citations
Abstract This work presents reflections on the field of participatory democracy in Latin America, based on the analysis of the experiences of Cotacachi in Ecuador, and Torres in Venezuela, which ar...
Disposición de los latinoamericanos hacia la protesta. Un análisis exploratorio a partir de Latinobarómetro 2015
Rodrigo Cuevas Ossandón, Cristóbal Villalobos · 2018 · Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política · 3 citations
Considerando el contexto de crecimiento económico y relativa estabilidad democrática que ha experimentado América Latina y el Caribe durante la última década, resulta paradójico el aumento de la ca...
Marchar y militar: vínculos sociales en el Frente Amplio chileno en contexto latinoamericano (2017-2023)
Juan Pablo Miranda · 2024 · Desafíos · 1 citations
Este artículo busca explicar por qué el Frente Amplio chileno no ha logrado consolidar vínculos establescon los principales movimientos sociales del país, a pesar de haber emergido en un contexto d...
Political conviviality and the role of opposition and opponents in late twentieth-century Latin American political discourse
Osvaldo Barreneche · 2020 · 0 citations
As the "forgotten principle" of the French Revolution, one that otherwise remained in Latin American political vocabulary and praxis, this chapter argues that the idea of fraternity has a political...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Mainwaring and Viola (1984, 101 citations) for core Brazil-Argentina democratization framework; follow with Gurza Lavalle et al. (2007, 29 citations) for network methods in civil society.
Recent Advances
Study Addor (2018) on participatory democracy cases; Cuevas Ossandón and Villalobos (2018) for protest trends; Miranda (2024) on Chilean movement linkages.
Core Methods
Network analysis for centrality (Gurza Lavalle et al., 2007); survey data like Latinobarómetro for protest dispositions (Cuevas Ossandón and Villalobos, 2018); discourse analysis for political culture (Mainwaring and Viola, 1984).
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Research Agent uses searchPapers and citationGraph on 'New Social Movements Brazil Argentina 1980s' to map 101-cited Mainwaring and Viola (1984) as central node, revealing clusters around democratization. exaSearch uncovers related works like Gurza Lavalle et al. (2007); findSimilarPapers extends to participatory cases (Addor, 2018).
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Analysis Agent applies readPaperContent to extract network centrality metrics from Gurza Lavalle et al. (2007), then runPythonAnalysis with pandas to recompute São Paulo civil society centrality scores for verification. verifyResponse (CoVe) cross-checks claims against Mainwaring and Viola (1984); GRADE grading scores evidence strength on democratization links.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What defines New Social Movements in 1980s Brazil and Argentina?
Grassroots mobilizations post-authoritarianism that reshaped political culture toward democracy (Mainwaring and Viola, 1984).
What methods analyze these movements?
Network analysis maps civil society centralities in São Paulo (Gurza Lavalle et al., 2007); surveys assess protest dispositions (Cuevas Ossandón and Villalobos, 2018).
What are key papers?
Mainwaring and Viola (1984, 101 citations) on political culture; Gurza Lavalle et al. (2007, 29 citations) on networks.
What open problems exist?
Causal measurement of movement impacts on democracy; integration of informal networks into comparative frameworks.
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