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In The future of social movement research, some of the most influential scholars in the field provide a wide-ranging understanding of how social movements arise and persist, engendering unanswered questions pointing to new theoretical strands and fields of research. The resulting work is interdisciplinary and unusually broad in scope, constituting the most comprehensive overview of the dynamics of social movements available

In The Future of Social Movement Research, some of the most influential scholars in the field provide a wide-ranging understanding of how social movements arise and persist, engendering unanswered questions pointing to new theoretical strands and fields of research. The resulting work is interdisciplinary and unusually broad in scope, constituting the most comprehensive overview of the dynamics of social movements available

In this book, some of the most influential scholars in the field provide a wide-ranging understanding of how social movements arise and persist, engendering unanswered questions pointing to new theoretical strands and fields of research. The resulting work is interdisciplinary and broad in scope, constituting perhaps the most comprehensive overview of the dynamics of social movements available.

El giro a la izquierda en América Latina representa, en algunos países, procesos políticos "refundacionales" que se evidencia en políticas públicas más inclusivas, mayor énfasis en los mecanismos de redistribución, la progresividad de ciertos derechos, las críticas a las políticas del libre mercado, entre otros. Muchos de estos gobiernos llegaron al poder, inclusive, con un fuerte discurso anti-sistema y la necesidad de cuestionar y reemplazar la democracia liberal representativa, por una más participativa. Sin embargo, en el campo de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos –específicamente en el aborto-, hay un escenario muy variado de posiciones políticas. ¿Por qué se presenta esa realidad?.

In Latin America and Southern Africa, norms on violence against women have developed with ups and downs, not simply in reaction to global norms, but sometimes even preceding global norm diffusion or surpassing it in terms of scope, framing and binding character. The classic global-to-local account with a single source of norm creation cannot capture these dynamics. Including the regional level in a dynamic model of norm diffusion enables us to understand the changing contents of a norm and to acknowledge transregional agency. We show (1) how norm contestation is an ongoing, multidirectional and polycentric process; (2) how the regional level opens up opportunities for feminists and femocrats; and (3) under which conditions regional norms can be both more progressive than global ones and more adapted to regional needs, and, in turn, are thus able to strengthen the 'global' norm.

In Latin America and Southern Africa, norms on violence against women have developed with ups and downs, not simply in reaction to global norms, but sometimes even preceding global norm diffusion or surpassing it in terms of scope, framing and binding character. The classic global-to-local account with a single source of norm creation cannot capture these dynamics. Including the regional level in a dynamic model of norm diffusion enables us to understand the changing contents of a norm and to acknowledge transregional agency. We show (1) how norm contestation is an ongoing, multidirectional and polycentric process; (2) how the regional level opens up opportunities for feminists and femocrats; and (3) under which conditions regional norms can be both more progressive than global ones and more adapted to regional needs, and, in turn, are thus able to strengthen the 'global' norm.

This book investigates the diffusion of gender equality norms in and between the European Union (EU), South America and Southern Africa. It offers an in-depth analysis of the trajectories of norms on gender-based violence and gender mainstreaming of aid and trade. The study proposes a novel theoretical framework that enables scholars to grasp the constant renegotiation of gender equality norms in the dynamics between transnational, national and (inter)regional actor constellations. Moving beyond the predominant 'global-local' approach, it conceptualizes norm diffusion as a multidirectional and polycentric process. The empirical chapters show how new geometries of transnational activism have developed. Last but not least, the text explores how the landscapes through which norms travel impact on the norms as well as on their diffusion, revealing the underlying logics that explain the differences in the strengths of gender equality norms as well as the differences between the EU, Mercosur, Organization of American States and Southern African Development Community.

Machine generated contents note: Part I -- 1.Regional Governance, Gender and Transnationalism: A First Exploration / Anouka van Eerdewijk -- 2.Gender Equality Norm Diffusion and Actor Constellations: A First Exploration / Conny Roggeband -- Part II -- 3.EU and the Export of Gender Equality Norms: Myth and Facts / Anna van der Vleuten -- 4.Gender Mainstreaming in EU Development Policy towards Southern Africa and South America / Petra Debusscher -- 5.Gender Mainstreaming in Mercosur and Mercosur--EU Trade Relations / Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann -- 6.Latin American Advocacy on Violence against Women and the OAS Convention / Conny Roggeband -- 7.Gender Mainstreaming in SADC and SADC--EU Trade Relations / Merran Hulse -- 8.Violence against Women and Southern African Advocacy on the SADC Gender Protocol / Joni van de Sand -- Part III -- 9.Reconceptualizing Gender Equality Norm Diffusion and Regional Governance: Logics and Geometries / Anna van der Vleuten

This book aims to map the diversity of meanings of gender equality across Europe and reflects on the contested concept of gender equality. In its exploration of the diverse meanings of gender equality it not only takes into account the existence of different visions of gender equality, and the way in which different political and theoretical debates crosscut these visions, but also reflects upon the geographical contexts in which visions and debates over gender equality are located. The contextual locations where these visions and debates take place include the European Union and member states such as Austria, the Netherlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Greece, and Spain. In all of these settings, the different meanings of gender equality are explored comparatively in relation to the issues of family policies, domestic violence, and gender inequality in politics, while specific national contexts discuss the issues of prostitution (Austria, Slovenia), migration (the Netherlands), homosexual rights (Spain), and antidiscrimination (Hungary). The multiple meanings of gender equality are studied through Critical Frame Analysis, a methodology that builds on social movement theory and that was refined further with elements of gender and political theory within the context of the MAGEEQ research project

Bringing together over forty established and emerging scholars, this landmark volume is the first to comprehensively examine the evolution and current practice of social movement studies in a specifically European context. While its first half offers comparative approaches to an array of significant issues and movements, its second half assembles focused national studies that include most major European states. Throughout, these contributions are guided by a shared set of historical and social-scientific questions with a particular emphasis on political sociology, thus offering a bold and uncommonly unified survey that will be essential for scholars and students of European social movements