Civil Society and Political Representation in Latin America (2010-2015) Towards a Divorce Between Social Movements and Political Parties? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Albala, Adrián (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political sociology.; Latin America-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; Elections.; Political Sociology.; Latin American Politics.; Comparative Politics.; Electoral Politics.

This book presents in-depth analyses of the wave of political protest and unrest that spread throughout Latin America between 2010 and 2015 in order to answer a question that has been challenging social scientists all over the region: why some countries have faced a divorce between their social move...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction: Political Parties and Social Movements in Latin America (2011-2016).- Part 1- The autonomization of civil society vis-a-vis political parties in Latin America.- Chapter 2- Representatives and Represented: Political Parties, Participation and the Brazilian Protests in 2013
• Chapter 3 - Institutionalization vs. Responsiveness: The dilemma of political representation in Chile
• Chapter 4 - Political Representation and Social Movements in Colombia 2002-2016
• Chapter 5 - Civil Society and Political Representation in Mexico
• Part 2: Cases with Movements strongly linked to parties.- Chapter 6 - Representation, Party System and Civil Society in Argentina (2003-2015)
• Chapter 7 - Dilemmas o f Contemporary Political Representation in Bolivia: Social Movements, Party and State in Plurinational Times
• Chapter 8 - Citizenship and political parties in Ecuador
• Chapter 9 - Participation and Representation in Uruguay: Challenges for Social Mobilization in a Party-Centered Society
• Chapter 10 - Conclusion: The support of political parties in Latin America.