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Panel
Student movements and political change in contemporary Latin America
Convenors
Cesar Guzman-Concha (Freie Universität Berlin) email [log in to unmask]
Mariya Ivancheva (Central European University) email
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Short Abstract
This panel asks how the 2000s protests of the student movement in Latin
America continue or contest the legacy of past waves of student
mobilization. We also ask what are the similarities and differences between
Latin American student movements and the recent student protests in Western
countries
Long Abstract
Student movements have traditionally been a relevant actor in 20th century
Latin American politics. Political change in the region cannot be
understood without considering the active role that students played in most
countries in the 1920s and 1960s, or in the struggles against military
dictatorships in Nicaragua, Brazil, or Argentina. While these episodes have
received significant scholarly attention, since the 1990s the interest in
student movements has diminished. However, the recent student protest wave
has shown that student movements still exert influence and remain a force
of change. Over the last years there have been significant student protests
in Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. Still, a great variation marks
the causes, claims, outcomes, and repertoires of the student movements.
Similarly, their sociopolitical context differs. For example, while in
Chile the student movements have been mobilized against the neoliberal
orientation of education policies (e.g. privatization, competition,
subsidiarity), in Venezuela the field of student protest is split between
supporters and opponents of President Chavez's rule. This panel welcomes
contributions from the broad fields of social and political sciences. They
should shed light on the recent developments of student movements, the
implications of their actions, the historic significance of recent
struggles and new perspectives that they might open for the region. We ask
how the 2000s protests continue or contest the legacy of past waves of
student mobilization in Latin America. We also ask what are the
similarities and differences between Latin American student movements and
the recent student protests in Western countries
For paper submission please follow this link:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/slas/slas2013/paperproposal.php5?PanelID=1983
For more information about the conference:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/slas/slas2013/index.shtml
For more information about SLAS: www.slas.org.uk
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