The Zapatista Movement and Mexico's Democratic Transition: Mobilization, Success, and Survival

ISBN-13: 9780190869465 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 184 str.

Maria Inclan

Recenzje

Inclán provides a historical account of the Zapatista movement while making theoretical arguments regarding democratic transitions and social movements. Using the analogy of sliding doors, Inclán argues that the first set of doors opened up for the Zapatistas in the uprising in 1994, but the second of set of doors, which would have allowed for political success, never opened due to the government's inconsistent changes... The Zapatista's ability to foster transnational solidarity networks through the use of digital media garnered international support. Though its larger influence has waned over time, the Zapatista movement remains strong at the local level. In spite of the fact that the Zapatista movement failed to achieve autonomy for Mexico's indigenous people, it serves as a role model for other altermundista movements throughout the world.

O autorze

María Inclán is Associate Professor of Political Science at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, México.