Latin Americasocial movements facing State decentralization

Resumo

Describing a scenario of Latin America emerging social crisis since the seventies worsened by economic structural adjustment in the eighties and nineties, the article demonstrates the emergence of social movements reacting against the standard of living steadly erosion, mainly in urban areas. It also summarizes the social sciences analists recent concerns about social movements in the region. Focusing specially on motivations, organization and dilemmas social movements have to solve in order to spread their impact on the region. In its last part, many current dilemmas are described as consequences of social movements and State decentralization process. These dilemmas head for aspects of organizational revision of social movements.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

1994

Instituição

Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EBAPE)

Fonte

Revista de Administração Pública

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/8572

Palavras-chave

Latin AmericaBrazilStatesocial movementsdecentralization.América LatinaBrasilEstadomovimientos socialesdescentralización.movimentos sociaisdescentralização.