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Social Movements and the Struggles for Rights, Justice and Democracy in Paraguay (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Social Movements and the Struggles for Rights, Justice and Democracy in Paraguay (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Series: Social Movements and Transformation
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Paraguay is an under-examined, but remarkably fascinating country,
where war, dictatorship, and elite capture have produced cycles of
popular mobilization and repression. Yet, its social movements are
less known to international audiences. This book analyzes
Paraguay’s principal social movements since the transition to
democracy and examines how, in the context of a weak state,
authoritarian political elite, and a deficient democratization
process, they contribute to progressive policy, socio-economic
development, and democracy. Using critical perspectives in
sociology, anthropology, geography, and political science, we bring
together scholars, activists, and practitioners of social critique
and community organizing. They reflect on movements involving
peasant, indigenous and agrarian rights to land and livelihoods,
LGBTQ and feminist struggles, labor union struggles, and student
demands for access to quality education and social development,
while exploring how the particularisms of Paraguay result in
differences from other Latin American movements and how overarching
regional tendencies may explain the similarities. This volume is
the first English-language book on social movements in Paraguay. As
such, it aims to provide a deeper understanding Paraguay’s
principal social movements since the transition to democracy. This
volume contributes to analyzing how social movements within the
context of aweak state, authoritarian political elite, and a
deficient democratization process contribute to progressive public
policy, socio-economic development, and democracy. In addition,
this book focuses on how Paraguayan social movements are similar to
or different from their Latin American counterparts, how the
particularism of Paraguay explains these variations and how
overarching regional tendencies explain the similarities. The
contribution of this volume is twofold: to provide new empirical
examples in the study of Latin American social movements and their
contribution to development and democracy, as well as to validate
or challenge social movement theories by employing empirical
studies of Paraguayan social movements. Each chapter delves into
the background to a specific movement, while closely analyzing the
movement in the post-Lugo era (2012-2021). Together the chapters in
this book contribute to a better understanding of social movements
in Paraguay and Latin America thus dialoguing with the existing
literature and social movement theories and considering how such
studies can further our understanding of social movements in
Paraguay and in Latin America in general. Finally, the study of
different social movements within the Paraguayan context takes into
consideration the links that each movement has forged with other
such movements in Latin America, including the contributions that
Paraguayan social movements have made to regional networks.
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