Social Movements and the Second Wave of (Territorial) Incorporation in Latin America

FEDERICO M. ROSSI

Reshaping the Political Arena in Latin America: From Resisting Neoliberalism to the Second Incorporation

University of Pittsburgh Press

Lugar: Pittsburgh; Año: 2018; p. 23 - 31

It was through contentious political dynamics that the poor and excluded strata of society claimed to be recognized as members of society. The disruption produced by social movements and their allies was an important component in the production of the conditions for the first and second waves of incorporation. Protests, marches, pickets, strikes, and ?sometimes? more violent methods have been part of the relational process of building and rebuilding institutions that modified the relationship of the popular sectors with the state. These contentious dynamics, in some occasions, pushed the elites to define a new ?social question,? innovating in both social and repressive policies to deal with the claim of the popular sectors for being (re)incorporated in the socio-political arena.This volume originated in Federico M. Rossi?s proposal for a conference based on key ideas and concepts published in his dissertation (2011) from the European University Institute, and which have subsequently appeared in Latin American Politics and Society (2015) and in his book published by Cambridge University Press (2017).