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Popular Sovereignty and Constituent Power in Latin America: Democracy from Below

Constituent and Constituted Power: Reading Social Transformation in Latin America The Historical Context Constituent and Constituted Power Dual Power vs. Two-Track Approach and Popular Power Constituent Power in Venezuela Conclusion Bibliography The National-Popular Alternative and the Processes of Democratization from Below in the Andean Nations Citizen Rebellion and the Chavista Leadership in Venezuela The Indigenous Revolution in Bolivia The Citizens’ Revolution in Ecuador Conclusions: The Emergence of Civil Society and of the National-Popular Bibliography Visions of Democracy in Bolivia Between the Dictatorships and the Process of Change: Suite in Two Movements Mineworkers and the Recovery of Democracy Democracy Democratic Experiences The Transition, the Coups, the Parties Democracy as “Democratic Freedoms”The “Adoption” of Democracy The Cocalero Movement and the Process of Change The Cocaleros Cocaleros and Sovereignty The “Political Instrument” and Popular Sovereignty The Constituent Assembly and the New Constitution Conclusions Bibliography Movements Towards the People: A Proposal to Think of Political Subjects in Bolivia and Argentina The Selected “Processes”: the First Clues Discussion: What Subject(s)?The Destituent People The Counter-Hegemonic People Conclusions Bibliography Participative Democracy and the Alternative National Project of Morena in Mexico The Rupture of the Pact of the Mexican Revolution. The Hegemonic Crisis of the PRI The Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Interruption of the Democratic Transition in Mexico The Overwhelming Importance of the Leadership of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Conclusions Bibliography Building Social Citizenship: Popular Movements in the Dominican Republic, 1992-2014 Theoretical Perspective Neoliberal Globalization and the Cultural Shift Small Public Works Programs, the Health Care Law, and the Disintegration of Left Organizations The New Middle-Class-Based Movements The Environmental Movement The 4 % Movement for Education Conclusion Bibliography Popular Feminism at Work: Redistribution and Recognition in the Marcha Mundial das Mulheres in Brazil The World March of Women and its Brazilian Chapter Social Movements, Citizenship, Recognition, and Redistribution Foundational Collective Identity: Redistributive Justice and Recognition in the Early World and Brazilian March Redistribution and Recognition in Brazil’s Popular Feminism Maintaining Collective Identity: Alliances and Coalition Actors—New and Old The World Social Forum and the World March of Women Trade Unions and the Worker’s Party Agenda Setting and Framing Conclusion Bibliography Popular Power and Regional Integration: An Analysis of the ALBA-TCP The Social in Latin American Integration: Popular Power Popular Power Within the ALBA-TCP: The Social Agenda and the Articulation of Social Movements Conclusions Bibliography

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Constituent and Constituted Power: Reading Social Transformation in Latin America
Dario Azzellini Introduction The quarter of a century that has passed since the end of Latin America’s “lost decade”1 has transformed the political landscape and contributed to a renewal of democratic thinking and practice in Latin America. The ways of understanding politics and participation...
(Popular Sovereignty and Constituent Power in Latin America: Democracy from Below)
Media Politics in Perspective: Power Shifts in Latin America and the Role of Social Actors
In the introduction to this study, I argued that the struggle for a democratization of social communication in Latin America can be seen as the continuation of old struggles for political democratization. Keeping the broader picture in mind helps to understand the conflictual nature of the debate today...
(Advocacy Coalitions and Democratizing Media Reforms in Latin America)
Popular Mobilisation for Wellbeing: Buen Vivir in Latin America
All the approaches reviewed so far have been developed ‘top down’ by academics or professionals. By contrast, in Latin America alternative conceptions of what it means to live well have been the focus of grass-roots mobilisation from ‘bottom up’. Buen vivir is the Spanish term for ‘living...
(The Palgrave Handbook of Sociocultural Perspectives on Global Mental Health)
Latin America and external powers
Since the beginning of the 21st century, a growing diplomatic activism has taken place in and around Latin America. In addition to traditional partners in the region, such as the United States and the European Union (EU) and European powers, other countries have strengthened their links with the continent...
(External Powers in Latin America: Geopolitics between Neo-extractivism and South-South Cooperation)
Iran’s Latin America strategy and the challenges to the balance of power
Penny L. Watson The Islamic Republic of Iran has been involved in Latin America for a few decades. Before the 1979 revolution, Iran only had relations with four Latin American countries: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile. After the 1979 revolution. Mexico and Chile broke all relations with...
(External Powers in Latin America: Geopolitics between Neo-extractivism and South-South Cooperation)
Populism, media, and misinformation in Latin America
Ignacio Siles, Larissa Tristan, and Carolina Carazo Latin America has had a long, complex, and complicated relationship with populism. Political figures in the region are usually considered some of the very founders or most iconic representatives of populism (De la Torre, 2000), starting with classic...
(The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism)
Studying fake news in Latin America
More recently, researchers have turned their attention to the links between populism and misinformation (in the form of fake news and other types of content). Compared to other regions in the world, relatively little has been written about fake news in Latin America. In a literature review on the topic,...
(The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism)
Misinformation and messianic populism in Latin America
Only a few scholars have addressed specifically the link between populism and misinformation in the region. Waisbord (2018a) argued that present conditions in public communication are ideal for the proliferation of populist politics (which is intrinsically oriented towards post-truth). In his words,...
(The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism)
Latin America: The Dialectic Transcended in a Time of Both Religious Revival and Secularization
Pope John Paul II undertook a campaign of beatifications and canonizations with the intention - presumably - of encouraging a revival of popular religion. But if we look more carefully at the sort of revivals which Catholicism is currently experiencing, can they be called 'popular religion'? They are...
(Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion)
What is the difference between Central and Latin America?
Central America includes the countries that connect North and South America and are located between Mexico and Colombia. The seven countries of Central America are Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Latin America is a much broader term, and includes Central America...
(The handy geography answer book)