The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America

The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America
Author: A. Dinerstein
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-12-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137316012

The author contests older concepts of autonomy as either revolutionary or ineffective vis-à-vis the state. Looking at four prominent Latin American movements, she defines autonomy as 'the art of organising hope': a tool for indigenous and non-indigenous movements to prefigure alternative realities at a time when utopia can be no longer objected.

Networks, Movements and Technopolitics in Latin America

Networks, Movements and Technopolitics in Latin America
Author: Francisco Sierra Caballero
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2017-11-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3319655604

This edited collection presents original and compelling research about contemporary experiences of Latin American movements and politics in several countries. The book proposes a theoretical framework that conceptualises different mediation processes that emerge between cyberdemocracy and the emancipation practices of new social movements. Additionally, this volume presents some Latin American practices and experiences that are autonomously and by using self-management–creating other identities and social spaces on the margins of and against the neoliberal system through the use of digital technology. This book will be of great interest to scholars of media and social movements studies as well as of contemporary politics.

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Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela
Total Pages: 464
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The Routledge Handbook of Political Communication in Ibero-America

The Routledge Handbook of Political Communication in Ibero-America
Author: Andreu Casero-Ripollés
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2024-10-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1040153461

The Routledge Handbook of Political Communication in Ibero-America addresses the relationship between communication, politics, and digital technologies in Latin American and the Iberian Peninsula, a geographical space linked by social, cultural, and linguistic aspects. In recent years, digital media have been central in the dialogue established by political parties, institutions, the media, and citizens. In this hybrid space emerged certain phenomena that are of interest, particularly in the Ibero-American landscape, including disinformation and fake news, protests on social media, the organization of social movements, the relationship between the press and the state, political participation, populism, the role played by emotions and memes, the impact of AI and platformization on politics, and topics of debate in the public sphere. This Handbook is structured into nine parts, beginning with a historical contextualization and then exploring central aspects of the discipline. It then goes on to study trends at the regional level, increasing knowledge about how political communication and digital technologies are changing multiple aspects of Ibero-American societies, where political communication plays a fundamental role – especially in electoral processes, with its consequent effects on democracy. This Handbook will be of interest to academics, students, and professionals in the fields of political science, communication, journalism, advertising, marketing, and sociology, as well as public opinion consulting. It will be of particular interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain.