About this ebook
Charting the dynamics and characteristics of Brazil’s social movements from the abolition of slavery in 1888 to the present day, the contributors to this edited volume demonstrate the processes of social movement activism in Brazil, and its relations with political institutions across various types of governments and political regimes. They bring to light both political opportunity structures of different historical periods, and the political and cultural consequences of mobilization stemming from the collective action of social movements. Showcasing various approaches, the book encompasses a plurality of methodological perspectives including network analysis, collective memory, trajectories, and quantitative techniques of process analysis. Ultimately, the authors present new empirical evidence about social movement outcomes in Brazil, including the mobilization for housing rights, institutionalization processes in a re-democratized society, the effects of anti-dictatorship movements on activists, transformations of political agendas and the diffusion of social protests.
Interdisciplinary at its core and highly engaging, The Consequences of Brazilian Social Movements in Historical Perspective offers essential reading on social movement studies to academics, activists and students.
About the author
Valesca Lima is Assistant Professor at Dublin City University. Her primary research interests are citizen participation, social movement, governance and housing policy.
Rafaela N. Pannain is postdoctoral researcher on the Latin American Integration Inter-Unit Graduate Program and member of the Social Mobilization Research Group, at the University of São Paulo. Her research focuses on social movements in Brazil and Bolivia.
Gabriela Pereira Martins is an independent researcher, member of the Social Mobilization Research Group at University of São Paulo. Her research focuses on associativism, post-abolition and historical sociology.
