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RC48 Roundtable II
Language: Spanish, French and English
Roundtables 1: The Governance of Social Movements in Africa
Session organizer: Mireille MANGA
The roundtable would welcome papers that fall within different axes of the management strategies of social movements in African political societies.
Roundtables 2: Gender Issues in Decoloniality: Brazilian Women of Periphery in the Fight for the Conquest of Power Spaces
Session organizers: Tania M.Freitas BARROS MACIEL, Rosa Lidice VALIM
The observations of this research supports the notion that postmodern Brazilian women from the periphery may establish psychological contracts that favor social involvement in order to feel empowered.
Roundtables 3: Social Movements Against Mega Projects in Mexico
Session organizers: Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA
This roundtable analyzes a variety of social movements against mega projects in Mexico. Why do these movements oppose mega projects? What are they opposing when they oppose the projects? What role does the state play in the relationship between the movements and their opponents?
Roundtables 4: Social Movements in Contemporary India
Session organizers: Dipti SAHU
Contemporary India has been witnessing mobilizations of people’s action groups. This roundtable makes an attempt to interrogate in to the agenda of contemporary social movements with a view to inquiry in to the genesis, processes and consequences of social movements.
Roundtables 5: After Gezi: Politics and Social Movements in Turkey
Session organizers: Kursad ERTUGRUL
This roundtable aims to discuss such aspects of emerging post-Gezi tendencies.
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