Movilización y contra-movilización legal : propuesta para su análisis en América Latina
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Política y gobierno, 2015, Vol. XXII, No. 1, pp. 175-198
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RUIBAL, Alba, Movilización y contra-movilización legal : propuesta para su análisis en América Latina, Política y gobierno, 2015, Vol. XXII, No. 1, pp. 175-198 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/55064
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Ante un nuevo contexto político y jurídico, los actores sociales en América Latina han desarrollado recientemente nuevas formas de acción colectiva, incluyendo en particular la movilización legal. Este trabajo intenta contribuir al estudio de este fenómeno, a través de la integración de elementos de tres tradiciones académicas que generalmente se han desarrollado de manera separada: la teoría de los movimientos sociales, los estudios sobre movilización legal y la teoría constitucional. Se argumenta en particular sobre la contribución del constitucionalismo democrático al análisis del rol de los movimientos sociales en el cambio legal, y se propone estudiar con los mismos marcos analíticos los contra-movimientos y la contra-movilización legal desarrollada por sectores conservadores en América Latina.
In the context of new political and legal conditions, social actors in Latin America have recently developed new forms of collective action, including in particular legal mobilization. This paper intends to contribute to the study of this development, through the incorporation of elements of three scholarly traditions that have generally developed separately from each other: social movement theory, legal mobilization studies and constitutional theory. It points out in particular the contribution of democratic constitutionalism to the analysis of the role of social movements in legal change. It also proposes the use of the terms counter-movement and counter-legal mobilization for the study of collective action and legal strategies developed by conservative sectors that oppose the advancement of social movements in Latin America.
In the context of new political and legal conditions, social actors in Latin America have recently developed new forms of collective action, including in particular legal mobilization. This paper intends to contribute to the study of this development, through the incorporation of elements of three scholarly traditions that have generally developed separately from each other: social movement theory, legal mobilization studies and constitutional theory. It points out in particular the contribution of democratic constitutionalism to the analysis of the role of social movements in legal change. It also proposes the use of the terms counter-movement and counter-legal mobilization for the study of collective action and legal strategies developed by conservative sectors that oppose the advancement of social movements in Latin America.