Genesis of the New Social Movements in the Global South

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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, simin.fadaee@hu-berlin.de
Breno BRINGEL, Universidade Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, brenobringel@hotmail.com
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