What’s New in Brazil’s New Social Movements?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2011
Keywords
social science epistemology, Brazil, new social movements, NGOs, black organizing
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X10384218
Abstract
The concept of “new social movements,” characterized by a focus on identity, cannot readily be transferred to a Latin American context. Latin America never experienced the postmaterialist turn that led some to call certain European social movements “new.” In addition, as the case of black organizing in Brazil demonstrates, identity-based Latin American social movements are much older than the literature suggests. What was indeed a Latin American novelty of the 1980s was the massive emergence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). In the case of Brazil, these organizations emerged in response to new financial opportunities provided by international donors and the coercive and paternalistic actions of states, a reality that the concept of new social movements is unable to capture. Both the long history of identity-based organizing and the emergence of NGOs can be explained by focusing on political opportunities and changing protest repertoires.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Latin American Perspectives, v. 38, issue 1, p. 153-168
Link to Full Text
https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X10384218
Scholar Commons Citation
Reiter, Bernd, "What’s New in Brazil’s New Social Movements?" (2011). Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gia_facpub/8
