The contributors to Beyond Civil Society argue that the
conventional distinction between civic and uncivic protest, and
between activism in institutions and in the streets, does not
accurately describe the complex interactions of forms and locations
of activism characteristic of twenty-first-century Latin America.
They show that most contemporary political activism in the region
relies upon both confrontational collective action and civic
participation at different moments. Operating within fluid,
dynamic, and heterogeneous fields of contestation, activists have
not been contained by governments or conventional political
categories, but rather have overflowed their boundaries, opening
new democratic spaces or extending existing ones in the process.
These essays offer fresh insight into how the politics of activism,
participation, and protest are manifest in Latin America today
while providing a new conceptual language and an interpretive
framework for examining issues that are critical for the future of
the region and beyond. Contributors. Sonia E. Alvarez, Kiran Asher,
Leonardo Avritzer, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Andrea Cornwall, Graciela
DiMarco, Arturo Escobar, Raphael Hoetmer, Benjamin Junge, Luis E.
Lander, Agustin Lao-Montes, Margarita Lopez Maya, Jose Antonio
Lucero, Graciela Monteagudo, Amalia Pallares, Jeffrey W. Rubin, Ana
Claudia Teixeira, Millie Thayer
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