551
Genesis of the New Social Movements in the Global South

Thursday, 14 July 2016: 14:15-15:45
Location: Hörsaal 26 (Main Building)
RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements (host committee)

Language: English

The session will be shaped around the so-called new social movements of the Global South. The paradigm which emerged as a response to the “rights-based” and “quality-of-life” movements (e.g. feminism, LGBT rights, environment, human rights, etc.) in Europe and North America after the 1960s assumed that there is a clear distinction between those “identity” movements and the old organized “labor” movements. Although many Southern societies have witnessed the emergence of rights-based and quality-of-life movements, scholarship lacks systematic analysis of these movements in non-western context. The session aims at addressing this gap by focusing on the historical origins, participants and the relation of these movements to earlier struggles.
Session Organizers:
Simin FADAEE, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany and Breno BRINGEL, Universidade Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Chair:
Eiji HAMANISHI, Notre Dame Seishin University, Japan
Posters:
551.1
Contextualizing the Iranian Environmental Movement
Simin FADAEE, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
551.2
Being in-Between – the Women's Movements in Kenya
Antje DANIEL, University of Bayreuth, Germany
551.3
From Inequalities to Liberties: The Rise of New Social Movements in Contemporary Turkey
Esin ILERI, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Turkey
551.4
Rights-Based or Anti-Systemic? Environmental Protest Movements in Turkey
Hayriye OZEN, Atilim University, Turkey; Sukru OZEN, Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey
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