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Rebecca Neaera Abers (coordinator) With Paul Little, Brent Millikan, and Marisa von Bulow Brasili... more Rebecca Neaera Abers (coordinator) With Paul Little, Brent Millikan, and Marisa von Bulow Brasilia 2000 This document is the first draft of a consulting report produced for the World Bank. The Bank did not publish the final draft, to which the author was not given access. I suggest citation as follows: Abers, Rebecca, with Little, Paul; Millikan, Brent; and von Bülow, Marisa, 2000. Civil Society Participation and the Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest. Brasilia: Unpublished manuscript, Preliminary draft.

Civil Society and the Politics of Trade in the Americas, 2010

International Encyclopedia of Political Science, 2011

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2009

Journal of Civil Society, 2011

Research Report # 02, Repository of Civil Society Initiatives Against the Pandemic, 2020

This is the second research report published by the Repository of Civil Society Initiatives Again... more This is the second research report published by the Repository of Civil Society Initiatives Against the Pandemic. It focuses on the impacts of the pandemic on digital activism. The author argues that there is a digital turnaround in the actions of civil society organizations. In part, this is due to the simple fact that actors use digital resources more. Most importantly, however, there is a deeper process of transformation, shown in this Report through examples of appropriation, diversification, adaptation, and creation of bridges between online and digital arenas. This transformation is incipient and highly unequal, but the Report shows that the perception of civil society actors about the potentialities of digital activism has changed in the context of the pandemic, especially in the cases of civil society actors who have had to face the obstacles presented by digital exclusion.

Research Report # 02, Repository of Civil Society Initiatives Against the Pandemic, 2020

O segundo relatório de pesquisa do Repositório de Iniciativas da Sociedade Civil contra a Pandemi... more O segundo relatório de pesquisa do Repositório de Iniciativas da Sociedade Civil contra a Pandemia, escrito por Marisa von Bülow, trata dos impactos da pandemia no ativismo digital. A autora argumenta que há uma virada digital na atuação das organizações da sociedade civil. Em parte, isto se deve ao simples fato de que os atores usam mais os recursos digitais. Mais importante do que isso, no entanto, é que há um processo mais profundo de transformação, mostrado neste Relatório através de exemplos de diversificação, adaptação e criação de pontes entre as arenas presencial e digital. Esta transformação é incipiente e altamente desigual, mas o Relatório mostra que a percepção dos atores da sociedade civil sobre as potencialidades do ativismo digital mudou no contexto da pandemia, especialmente nos casos daqueles atores que tiveram que enfrentar os obstáculos da exclusão digital e do letramento digital.

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2019

A destituição (ou impeachment) da Presidente do Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, foi resultado de um longo... more A destituição (ou impeachment) da Presidente do Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, foi resultado de um longo e polêmico processo. Por quase dois anos, partidários da Presidente e seus adversários saíram às ruas e foram às mídias sociais para tentar influenciar o processo. Nestas últimas, o ativismo digital de múltiplos atores gerou redes políticas de hashtags contra e a favor da Presidente. Este artigo analisa essas redes a partir de uma base de dados de retuítes que mencionavam hashtags pró e anti-impeachment nos dias 13 e 18 de março de 2016. Os resultados evidenciam o caráter hierárquico das redes, centralizadas em um restrito número de perfis. Estas redes, porém, fazem parte de um complexo conjunto de vínculos virtuais e presenciais, de indivíduos a grupos transnacionais que disputaram os significados do impeachment de Rousseff a partir de diferentes estratégias digitais. Palavras-chave: ativismo digital; Brasil; história política; mobilização política; redes sociais.

Civil Society and the Politics of Trade in the Americas, 2010

International Encyclopedia of Political Science, 2011

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2009

Journal of Civil Society, 2011

Research Report # 02, Repository of Civil Society Initiatives Against the Pandemic, 2020

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2019

Este capítulo analisa las relaciones entre movimientos sociales y partidos políticos, a partir de... more Este capítulo analisa las relaciones entre movimientos sociales y partidos políticos, a partir del estudio de caso del movimiento estudiantil chileno entre 2005 y 2013.

This chapter discusses the changing dynamics of interactions between the student movement and pol... more This chapter discusses the changing dynamics of interactions between the student movement and political parties in Chile. It contributes to the broader debates about institutional and noninstitutional politics.

Social Movement Dynamics: New Perspectives on Theory and Research from Latin America (edited by: Federico M. Rossi & Marisa von Bülow), Sep 2015

The publication of this book comes at a moment of profound changes in the scholarship on social m... more The publication of this book comes at a moment of profound changes in the scholarship on social movements, characterized not only by the broadening of the empirical boundaries of the field, but also by greater methodological and theoretical pluralism. This book stretches the current horizons in social movement studies even further, by proposing new concepts and questions. Contributors have very different objects of study and theoretical backgrounds, but they all share a commitment to a dynamic and relational approach to the study of collective action. The volume is organized around three broad themes, which address key current debates in social movement theory: the interactions between routine and contentious politics, the relationship between protest and context, and the organizational configurations of social movements.

Este livro contribui para compreender melhor o papel de ativistas e movimentos sociais em um cont... more Este livro contribui para compreender melhor o papel de ativistas
e movimentos sociais em um contexto turbulento, a partir de estudos de
casos que abarcam uma grande variedade de atores: os movimentos ambientalista, de direitos reprodutivos, LGBTQIA+, de assistência social,
o Movimento de Trabalhadores Sem Teto (MTST), o Movimento dos
Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), a Central Única das Favelas, uma
organização de catadores de resíduos sólidos (Pimp My Carroça), os movimentos de hesitação vacinal e movimentos antilockdown. O olhar para
a interação – conflituosa, colaborativa ou ambas – com o sistema político
revela não somente como os atores desafiam o poder constituído, mas também como são copartícipes de mudanças sociais.

Editora Zouk, 2023

Transformações políticas e estratégias do movimento feminista na atuação pelo aborto Anne Karolin... more Transformações políticas e estratégias do movimento feminista na atuação pelo aborto Anne Karoline Rodrigues Vieira 37 Estratégias da sociedade civil para combater o desmantelamento dos conselhos de políticas públicas Denise do Carmo Direito 67 Ações de bloqueio e de reconstrução da política ambiental brasileira: um estudo das reações da sociedade civil no governo Bolsonaro

No dia 31 de agosto de 2016, passados menos de dois anos do seu segundo man dato, a presidente Di... more No dia 31 de agosto de 2016, passados menos de dois anos do seu segundo man dato, a presidente Dilma Rousseff foi retirada do poder. Foi a segunda vez, desde a transi9ao brasileira para a democracia, que um presidente perdeu seu mandato por determina9ao do poder Legislativo. Muitas diferen9as, no entanto, separam o processo mais recente daquele que culminou no fim do governo de Fernando Collor de Mello, em 1992. Nesse ultimo caso, quando se chegou a vota9ao final, havia um amplo consenso, entre organiza96es da sociedade civil, partidos po liticos e opiniao publica, de que era preciso aprovar o impeachment de Collor de Mello. Ja o impeachment de Dilma Rousseff nao foi consensual. Ao contra rio, dividiu o pafs entre "coxinhas", apoiadores do impeachment, e "mortadelas", def ensores da permanencia da presidente no cargo. Para os primeiros, o impeachment foi legal e as institui96es democraticas cumpriram seu papel. Para os outros, foi nada menos do que um golpe, ou um golpe parlamentar.

This book presents an overview of new approaches to the study of social movements emerging out of... more This book presents an overview of new approaches to the study of social movements emerging out of Latin America, based on original and innovative analyses of the recent changes in collective action across the region. Over the past decade, new repertoires of contention have emerged in parallel to changes in the configuration of actors, in previously established patterns of relationship between social movements and political institutions, and in the shapes of collaborative networks, both domestic and transnational.
The authors analyze a broad set of countries and social movements, while focusing on three key theoretical debates: the interactions between routine and contentious politics, the relationship between protest and context, and the organizational configurations of social movements.
The research agenda put forward by this book is neither defined nor restricted by geographical boundaries, even though the chapters are based on field research undertaken in Latin America. In doing so, this volume contributes to a still underdeveloped dialogue in theory-building in social movement studies, among scholars from the South and from the North, as well as among scholars specialized in different regions.

Reviews:

'This new collection blends traditions of research on social movements and contentious politics from various regions with Latin American perspectives in the Latin American context. Drawing heavily on the political process, resource mobilization, and transnational politics traditions, the authors advance our knowledge of Latin American contention in three areas: transcending the boundaries between contentious and routine politics; embedding social movements in the context of economic, political, and environmental change; and examining the new organizational repertoires that have emerged in Latin America since democratization.' Sidney Tarrow, author of War, States and Contention

'Latin America has seen innumerable instances of political contention over centuries. However, mainstream social movement analysts from the "political process school" have paid fairly scant attention to that continent. This book fills this gap admirably. Far from imposing Western analytic categories over a different setting, the authors develop a fruitful dialogue between different theoretical currents. This book will appeal to both social movement analysts who do not specialize in Latin America and area experts from other intellectual perspectives. Highly recommended.' Mario Diani, University of Trento, Italy and ICREA-UPF, Barcelona, Spain

Contents:

Introduction: theory-building beyond borders, Federico M. Rossi and Marisa von Bülow

Part I Beyond Contentious Versus Routine Politics:

Conceptualizing strategy making in a historical and collective perspective, Federico M. Rossi

Partisan performance: the relational construction of Brazilian youth activist publics, Ann Mische

Institutional activism: mobilizing for women’s health from inside the Brazilian bureaucracy, Rebecca Neaera Abers and Luciana Tatagiba

Part II The Politics and Economics of Protests:

The role of threats in popular mobilization in Central America, Paul D. Almeida

Eventful temporality and the unintended outcomes of Mexico’s earthquake victims movement, Ligia Tavera Fenollosa

Part III Brokerage and Coalition Formation:

Institutionalized brokers and collective actors: different types, similar challenges, Adrian Gurza Lavalle and
Marisa von Bülow

Domestic loops and deleveraging hooks: transnational social movements and the politics of scale shift, Rose J. Spalding

Conclusion:

Weaving social movements back in, Margaret E. Keck

Index

Mobilization: An International Quarterly, Jan 1, 2011

On the front lines: women´s mobilization for democracy in an era of backsliding, 2024

This chapter discusses the role of women in prodemocracy movements in Brazil. It argues that Braz... more This chapter discusses the role of women in prodemocracy movements in Brazil. It argues that Brazil is emblematic of women’s prominent role in prodemocracy activism. As members of feminist organizations, political parties, faith-based organizations, trade unions, and community associations, Brazilian women have been at the forefront of popular resistance to autocracy and the rise of the far right in recent years. They have launched grassroots protest movements and built broad-based campaigns around which new cross-issue coalitions have mushroomed.

Flexibles y Productivos, Jan 1, 1998

... REESTRUCTURACION PRODUCTIVA Y ESTRATEGIAS SINDICALES - EL CASO DE LA FORD EN CUAUTITLAN 1987-... more ... REESTRUCTURACION PRODUCTIVA Y ESTRATEGIAS SINDICALES - EL CASO DE LA FORD EN CUAUTITLAN 1987-1994 1 Marisa von Bülow 2 ... Esta clasificación está hecha con base en Boyer, Rqg Flexibilidad del Trabajo en Europa, Madrid (Ministerio del Trabajo y ...

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research, 2015

The Dark Side of Globalization, 2013

Social Movements in Chile, 2017

Revista de ciencia política (Santiago), 2012

* agradecemos los comentarios y sugerencias de Leany Lemos, Gabriel santos elias, ricardo Gutiérr... more * agradecemos los comentarios y sugerencias de Leany Lemos, Gabriel santos elias, ricardo Gutiérrez y un referee de la revista de ciencia política a una versión anterior de este trabajo. Brasil después de lula: ¿más de lo mismo?* Brazil after Lula: more of the same? Marisa von Bülow antonio lassance resuMen el tema de mayor destaque en 2010 fueron las elecciones presidenciales. el éxito de la coalición liderada por el pt debe ser comprendido en un contexto de evaluación positiva del gobierno anterior y de optimismo con respecto al futuro. el análisis del primer año de gestión de dilma rousseff muestra que el nuevo gobierno se ha caracterizado más por la continuidad que por la innovación, tanto en términos de los actores que participan del gobierno como en términos de políticas públicas. este texto argumenta que dicha continuidad es producto de una clara estrategia presidencial, pero también es fruto de un complejo escenario económico y político que dificultó que se hicieran cambios más profundos en 2011.

Latin American student movements have historically been very active in the region’s political lif... more Latin American student movements have historically been very active in the region’s political life. However, with the partial exception of historical accounts of the university reform movement and the 1960s protests, the academic literature has not addressed the Latin American student movements from a comparative point of view. Rather, it has mostly focused on national or local case studies. This chapter presents a review of some of the most relevant arguments and concepts of this literature, analyzing the key challenges facing contemporary student movements. It addresses three recurrent dilemmas involving student demands, tactical repertoires, and relations with political institutions. Each of these analyses is grounded in important theoretical debates. The chapter contributes to these debates by highlighting the main conceptual findings of the Latin American literature while discussing the challenges faced by the student movement actors themselves. It turns to examples from campai...

Movimientos sociales en America Latina, 2017

Este capítulo do livro propõe uma nova definição do conceito de ativismo digital.

The Oxford Hanbook of Sociology in Latin America, 2020

Latin American student movements have historically been very active in the region’s political lif... more Latin American student movements have historically been very active in the region’s political life. However, with the partial exception of historical accounts of the university reform movement and the 1960s protests, the academic literature has not addressed the
Latin American student movements from a comparative point of view. Rather, it has mostly focused on national or local case studies. This chapter presents a review of some of the
most relevant arguments and concepts of this literature, analyzing the key challenges facing contemporary student movements. It addresses three recurrent dilemmas involving
student demands, tactical repertoires, and relations with political institutions. Each of
these analyses is grounded in important theoretical debates. The chapter contributes to
these debates by highlighting the main conceptual findings of the Latin American literature while discussing the challenges faced by the student movement actors themselves. It
turns to examples from campaigns in various countries, especially Venezuela, Chile,
Brazil, and Mexico.

Democracia em ambientes digitais: eleições, esfera pública e ativismo, 2019

No dia 31 de agosto de 2016, passados menos de dois anos do seu segundo mandato, a presidente Di... more No dia 31 de agosto de 2016, passados menos de dois anos do seu segundo mandato, a presidente Dilma Rousseff foi retirada do poder. Foi a segunda vez, desde a transição brasileira para a democracia, que um presidente perdeu seu mandato por determinação do Poder Legislativo. Muitas diferenças, no entanto, separam o processo mais recente daquele que culminou no fim do governo de Fernando Collor de Mello, em 1992. Nesse ultimo caso, quando se chegou a votação final, havia um amplo consenso, entre organizações da sociedade civil, partidos políticos e opinião pública, de que era preciso aprovar o impeachment de Collor de Mello. Já o impeachment de Dilma Rousseff não foi consensual. Ao contrário, dividiu o país entre "coxinhas", apoiadores do impeachment, e "mortadelas", defensores da permanência da presidente no cargo. Para os primeiros, o impeachment foi legal e as instituições democráticas cumpriram seu papel. Para os outros, foi nada menos do que um golpe, ou um golpe parlamentar. Com base na literatura teórica sobre enquadramentos, este capítulo analisa as discussões no Twitter, a partir de uma análise de conteúdo das mensagens que citaram a palavra "golpe".

En 2013, uno de los principales temas en debate durante las elecciones presidenciales en Chile fu... more En 2013, uno de los principales temas en debate durante las elecciones presidenciales en Chile fue la política educativa. La ganadora, la ex Presidenta Michelle Bachelet, hizo campaña con la promesa de promover una profunda reforma del sistema educativo, que incluía la propuesta inaudita de "avanzar decididamente hacia la universalización de la gratuidad". 1 No casualmente, en las protestas masivas de los dos años anteriores, lideradas por organizaciones de estudiantes universitarios, se exigían cambios profundos en el sistema educativo, en una oleada de movilización que sorprendió tanto a los activistas que coordinaron estas protestas como a los actores políticos en general. A pesar de la guerra de números -el gobierno y la policía restaron importancia a la participación, mientras que los activistas hicieron exactamente lo contrario-hay un consenso general de que estas han 1 Ver la sección sobre educación en el Programa de Gobierno presentado durante la campaña, disponible en <http://michellebachelet.cl/programa/> en especial, p. 17.

PArtecipazione e COnflitto, 2022

Sidney Tarrow’s Movements and Parties stands on the shoulders of a long history of scholarship th... more Sidney Tarrow’s Movements and Parties stands on the shoulders of a long history of scholarship that tries to untangle the relationships between modern social movements and political parties.Taking Tarrow’s proposal seriously, however, requires advancing on two fronts. First, we need to explore whether previous definitions of social movements hinder our capacity to identify and understand movement-party interactions. Tarrow himself points to this challenge when he argues that although the concept of social movements as a form of contentious politics has been useful for characterizing past phenomena, we now need to explore what he refers to as hybrid forms of collective action (p. 148). He does not, however, offer an alternative definition of social movements that would help conceptualize what exactly is undergoing hybridization and how this process operates. In this essay, we demonstrate the usefulness of a relational definition of social movements for understanding movement-party interactions.
Second, we propose a more comprehensive answer to one of the book’s central questions: “how movement/party relations affect changes in institutions” (p. 24).

Revista De Ciencia Política

El tema de mayor destaque en 2010 fueron las elecciones presidenciales. El éxito de la coalición ... more El tema de mayor destaque en 2010 fueron las elecciones presidenciales. El éxito de la coalición liderada por el PT debe ser comprendido en un contexto de evaluación positiva del gobierno anterior y de optimismo con respecto al futuro. El análisis del primer año de gestión de Dilma Rousseff muestra que el nuevo gobierno se ha caracterizado más por la continuidad que por la innovación, tanto en términos de los actores que participan del gobierno como en términos de políticas públicas. Este texto
argumenta que dicha continuidad es producto de una clara estrategia presidencial, pero también es fruto de un complejo escenario económico y político que dificultó que se hicieran cambios más profundos en 2011.

In the last two decades, social movement scholars have brought the frontiers of the field into qu... more In the last two decades, social movement scholars have brought the frontiers of the field into question. Some have advocated for the substitution of “social movements” for “civil society”, while others have proposed to rename the field as the study of “contentious politics”. In both of these cases, the justification is that the field of social movements has become too narrow, empirically as well as theoretically. The article discusses these reformist initiatives and identifies a problem they have in common: the lack of attention to numerous forms of interaction between actors involved with social movements situated both outside and inside the state. We offer a theoretical discussion based on the results of empirical research undertaken in Brazil on this issue, which, we argue, help us better understand the relationship between states and social movements. We also argue that the recent literature on social networks provides analytical clues to think about activism from within state structures.

Latin American Politics and Society, Jan 1, 2009

In the mid-1990s, for the first time in the history of the Americas, truly hemispherewide collabo... more In the mid-1990s, for the first time in the history of the Americas, truly hemispherewide collaboration among labor organizations became possible. Yet this new political opportunity structure has not brought actors together in an undisputed new labor internationalism. This article focuses on two key sources of contention among labor organizations in the context of free trade mobilizations between 1990 and 2004: the discussions about coalition building with other civil society actors and the debates about including a social clause in trade agreements. It argues that transnational collective action occurs parallel to the continued relevance of nationallevel claims and targets, and that this simultaneity represents a real source of challenges, for scholars and labor organizations alike. Based on social network data and qualitative interviews in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and the United States, the article analyzes the actions taken by labor organizations, and how these changed through time.

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION & SOCIETY, 2018

Recent protests throughout the world have fueled debates about how social movement organizations ... more Recent protests throughout the world have fueled debates about
how social movement organizations use digital tools. In this
article, we analyze the variety of digital activist practices (DAPs)
enacted by Chilean student movement organizations over time
(2011–2016). We define DAPs as proactive actions that seek to
achieve political impacts in a particular context through the use of
digital tools. Based on content analysis of Facebook posts and indepth
interviews with key informants, we show that movement
actors have appropriated digital tools in diverse and asymmetric
ways, and that asymmetries have remained constant over time.
The article also shows that DAPs sponsored by organizations vary
across three dimensions: online presence, goals, and the
audiences to which they speak. This variation is explained by
differing levels of financial and human resources, and, most
importantly, by the choices actors make as they interpret political
constraints and challenges in particular contexts. These choices
are, in turn, informed by the political views of rotating sets of
student leaders.

Política & Sociedade, 2014

Information, Communication & Society

Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 2018

This article analyzes the impacts of the process of appropriation of social media on social movem... more This article analyzes the impacts of the process of appropriation of social media on social movement organizations and leaders. It focuses on the case of the Chilean student movement and the cycle of protests that began in 2011. The analysis is based on a multimethods approach, bringing together content analysis of qualitative interviews and focus groups, and three years of network data on Twitter users. It shows that the appropriation of Twitter not only reproduced but actually reinforced preexisting asymmetries among actors. However, during the period studied, organizations put in motion control strategies to try to overcome these asymmetries and to use them to their advantage. Paradoxically, some of these led to greater asymmetries instead of greater equalization. Social movement theories on organizational forms and internal democracy demonstrate the continuous relevance of the “paradoxes of participation,” as social movements include new digital technologies in their traditional...

Latin American Politics and Society

ABSTRACTThis article presents an analysis of the use of populist framing mechanisms by grassroots... more ABSTRACTThis article presents an analysis of the use of populist framing mechanisms by grassroots right-wing organizations. It brings together the social movement literature on framing and the populist literature to understand how actors build an emergent field of activism in a highly contentious context. Based on the analysis of a sample of 4,574 Facebook posts published by 5 civil society organizations during the campaign to oust Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, it argues that two mechanisms, reductionism and antagonism, enabled actors to focus on similar targets and diagnostics while maintaining relevant differences when seeking to motivate followers and present prognostic frames. These were key mechanisms used by all the actors, albeit with different contents, depending on the frame task. This article contributes to filling gaps in the framing and populist literatures and sheds light on the relevance of populist communication in the rise of right-wing activism.

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2019

O ativismo de hashtags contra e a favor do impeachment de Dilma Rousseff* A destituição (ou impea... more O ativismo de hashtags contra e a favor do impeachment de Dilma Rousseff* A destituição (ou impeachment) da Presidente do Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, foi resultado de um longo e polêmico processo. Por quase dois anos, partidários da Presidente e seus adversários saíram às ruas e foram às mídias sociais para tentar influenciar o processo. Nestas últimas, o ativismo digital de múltiplos atores gerou redes políticas de hashtags contra e a favor da Presidente. Este artigo analisa essas redes a partir de uma base de dados de retuítes que mencionavam hashtags pró e anti-impeachment nos dias 13 e 18 de março de 2016. Os resultados evidenciam o caráter hierárquico das redes, centralizadas em um restrito número de perfis. Estas redes, porém, fazem parte de um complexo conjunto de vínculos virtuais e presenciais, de indivíduos a grupos transnacionais que disputaram os significados do impeachment de Rousseff a partir de diferentes estratégias digitais. Palavras-chave: ativismo digital; Brasil; história política; mobilização política; redes sociais. * Agradecemos os comentários e críticas de dois revisores anônimos da Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais e da equipe de edição, bem como o apoio do Instituto da Democracia e da Democratização da Comunicação (INCT/CNPq/FAPEMiG). Também somos gratas pelo apoio e os comentários de Ariadne Santiago, Alexandre Gomes, Danniel Gobbi e dos demais integrantes do Grupo de Pesquisa Resocie-Repensando as Relações entre Sociedade e Estado, do

International Political Science Review, 2021

This article compares how COVID-19 affected state–society relations differently in two relatively... more This article compares how COVID-19 affected state–society relations differently in two relatively similar countries: Brazil and Argentina. Bringing together social movement theories and ideational institutionalism, we argue that variation in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic is explained by the different roles played by social movements inside and outside government and by contrasting ideational disputes. The extreme uncertainty introduced by the pandemic generated intense contestation about the meaning of the crisis and how to resolve it. In Brazil, progressive social movements not only were excluded from the government coalition, but also had to combat a powerful discourse that denied the existence of a crisis altogether. Such denialism did not flourish in the same way in Argentina, where progressive social movements were part of national government processes. The result was that in Argentina, movement–government dynamics revolved around constructing long-term policy proposals, w...

Government and Opposition, 2022

This article analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazil's populist radical right... more This article analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazil's populist radical right (PRR), as well as the responses of PRR actors to the pandemic, during the period from March 2020 to October 2021. Despite high death rates and declining popularity in the final months of that period, the Brazilian president consistently maintained a denialist narrative that incorporated key aspects of populist ideology. Based on the analysis of opinion surveys, documents, online messages and secondary sources, we argue that explaining this denialism requires understanding Brazil's radical-right populism as more than an ideology: it is a social movement. The impacts of the pandemic on Bolsonaro's PRR government and its responses can only be understood by simultaneously analysing the top-down actions of the leader and the bottom-up role of bolsonarismo – that is, the broad coalition of actors who actively support the radical-right project. The case of bolsonarismo suggests that li...

Government and Opposition, 2022

OPEN ACCESS **This article analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazil's populist rad... more OPEN ACCESS **This article analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazil's populist radical right (PRR), as well as the responses of PRR actors to the pandemic, during the period from March 2020 to October 2021. Despite high death rates and declining popularity in the final months of that period, the Brazilian president consistently maintained a denialist narrative that incorporated key aspects of populist ideology. Based on the analysis of opinion surveys, documents, online messages and secondary sources, we argue that explaining this denialism requires understanding Brazil's radical-right populism as more than an ideology: it is a social movement. The impacts of the pandemic on Bolsonaro's PRR government and its responses can only be understood by simultaneously analysing the top-down actions of the leader and the bottom-up role of bolsonarismo – that is, the broad coalition of actors who actively support the radical-right project. The case of bolsonarismo suggests that literature on populism in general would profit from taking right-wing movements more seriously as co-producers of populist rhetoric and practices.

State–Society Relations in Uncertain Times: Social Movement Strategies, Ideational Contestation and the Pandemic in Brazil and Argentina', International Political Science Review, DOI: 0192512121993713, Ahead of Print -2021, 2021

International Political Science Review, 2021

Government and Opposition, 2022

his article analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazil's populist radical right (PRR... more his article analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Brazil's populist radical right (PRR), as well as the responses of PRR actors to the pandemic, during the period from March 2020 to October 2021. Despite high death rates and declining popularity in the final months of that period, the Brazilian president consistently maintained a denialist narrative that incorporated key aspects of populist ideology. Based on the analysis of opinion surveys, documents, online messages and secondary sources, we argue that explaining this denialism requires understanding Brazil's radical-right populism as more than an ideology: it is a social movement. The impacts of the pandemic on Bolsonaro's PRR government and its responses can only be understood by simultaneously analysing the top-down actions of the leader and the bottom-up role of bolsonarismo – that is, the broad coalition of actors who actively support the radical-right project. The case of bolsonarismo suggests that literature on populism in general would profit from taking right-wing movements more seriously as co-producers of populist rhetoric and practices.

PArtecipazione e COnflitto, 2023

Sidney Tarrow’s Movements and Parties stands on the shoulders of a long history of scholarship th... more Sidney Tarrow’s Movements and Parties stands on the shoulders of a long history of scholarship that tries to untangle the relationships between modern social movements and political parties. One of the earliest examples is the author’s own work on communists and peasant movements in Italy in the 1960s. These relationships are still understudied, however, in part because political scientists in general, and party scholars in particular, have long ignored, or at best underestimated, the relevance of social movements. Mainstream political science remains focused on elite actors and presumes that key decisions are made by small groups of people located in institutions such as parliaments and political parties. Beyond the idea that social movements are not really relevant when it comes to hard politics, political scientists tend to presume that social movements–often understood narrowly as protest movements–arise only when representative institutions are unable (or unwilling) to channel discontent through formal channels, such as elections. The social movement society thesis (Meyer and Tarrow 1997) did not thrive in a discipline that continued to view cycles of protest as signs of instability and inefficacy. The disconnect between social movement and party studies is, of course, a two-way street. Social movement scholars have lagged in exploring specific variables associated with the party system, such as party competition and issue-space (Cowell-Meyers 2014: 62).
In the past decade, however, we have seen a revival of attention to the interactions between parties and movements, in no small part in response to emerging political phenomena …

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and …, 2002

This book presents the historical emergence of NGOs from missionary and welfare organizations to ... more This book presents the historical emergence of NGOs from missionary and welfare organizations to their current role as a significant part of the development landscape. The authors examine how market failure and government failure in developing countries lead NGOs as ...

Latin American Politics and Society

PArtecipazione e COnflitto, 2023

Sidney Tarrow’s Movements and Parties stands on the shoulders of a long history of scholarship th... more Sidney Tarrow’s Movements and Parties stands on the shoulders of a long history of scholarship that tries to untangle the relationships between modern social movements and political parties. One of the earliest examples is the author’s own work on communists and peasant movements in Italy in the 1960s. These relationships are still understudied, however, in part because political scientists in general, and party scholars in particular, have long ignored, or at best underestimated, the relevance of social movements. Mainstream political science remains focused on elite actors and presumes that key decisions are made by small groups of people located in institutions such as parliaments and political parties. Beyond the idea that social movements are not really relevant when it comes to hard politics, political scientists tend to presume that social movements–often understood narrowly as protest movements–arise only when representative institutions are unable (or unwilling) to channel discontent through formal channels, such as elections. The social movement society thesis (Meyer and Tarrow 1997) did not thrive in a discipline that continued to view cycles of protest as signs of instability and inefficacy. The disconnect between social movement and party studies is, of course, a two-way street. Social movement scholars have lagged in exploring specific variables associated with the party system, such as party competition and issue-space (Cowell-Meyers 2014: 62). In the past decade, however, we have seen a revival of attention to the interactions between parties and movements.