Almeida, Paul, and Allen Cordero Ulate. 2017. “Movimientos Sociales en America Latina.” Pp. 13-26 in Movimientos Sociales en América Latina: Perspectivas, Tendencias y Casos, edited by P. D. Almeida and A. Cordero. Buenos Aires: CLACSO.
Publications by Type: Book Chapter
2017
Mora, Maria De Jesus, Alejandro Zermeño, Rodolfo Rodriguez, and Paul Almeida. 2017. “Exclusión Y Movimientos Sociales en Los Estados Unidos.” Pp. 641-69 in Movimientos sociales en America Latina Perspectivas, tendencias y casos, edited by P. D. Almeida and A. C. Ulate. Buenos Aires: CLACSO.
En este trabajo se estudian los movimientos sociales que luchan por la justicia social, racial, econ\ omica y ambiental en los Estados Unidos. El conocimiento sobre movimientos sociales define al campo como enfocado en los actores colectivos excluidos, que luchan por derechos, recursos y poder (Jenkins, 1985; McAdam, 1999; Piven, 2006; Tarrow, 2011). En este ensayo retomamos este tema originario en la investigaci\ on de la acci\ on colectiva, al resaltar las principales formas de exclusi\ on que conducen a la movilizaci\ on popular a gran escala en Estados Unidos contempor\ aneo. La exclusi\ on es, con frecuencia,el punto de partida para la formaci\ on del movimiento social, aunque una indagaci\ on m\ as espec\ ıfica de las estructuras institucionales que generan divisiones sociales contribuye a nuestra comprensi\ on de la probabilidad de la aparici\ on de resistencia colectiva. En este cap\ ıtulo realizamos una clasificaci\ on m\ as precisa de la exclusi\ on (legal, ambiental,econ\ omica y cultural) y de las respuestas consiguientes de los movimiento sociales.
2016
Almeida, Paul. 2016. “Social Movements and Economic Development.” Pp. 528-50 in The Sociology of Development Handbook, edited by G. Hooks. Berkeley: University of California Press.
2015
Almeida, Paul D. 2015. “Democratization and the Revitalization of Popular Movements in Central America.” Pp. 166-85 in Social Movements in Times of Democratic Transition, edited by B. Klandermans and C. Van Stralen. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Almeida, Paul D. 2015. “The Role of Threats in Popular Mobilization in Central America.” Pp. 115–136 in Social Movement Dynamics: New Perspectives on Theory and Research from Latin America, edited by F. Rossi and M. Von Bulow. London: Ashgate.
Almeida, Paul, and Allen Cordero Ulate. 2015. “Social Movements Across Latin America.” Pp. 3–10 in Handbook of Social Movements across Latin America, edited by P. D. Almeida and A. Cordero. Springer.
2014
Almeida, Paul, and Nella Van Dyke. 2014. “Social Movement Partyism and the Tea Party’s Rapid Mobilization.” Pp. 55–72 in Understanding the tea party movement, edited by D. Meyer. London: Ashgate.
2013
Almeida, Paul D. 2013. “War and Social Movements.” Pp. 1391-94 in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Vols. 3, edited by D. Snow, D. Porta, B. Klandermans, and D. McAdam. Chichester, UK: Wiley.
Inclán, Maria, and Paul D Almeida. 2013. “Indigenous Peoples and Revolutionary Movements in Mesoamerica.” in Oxford Handbook of Indigenous People’s Politics, edited by J. A. Lucero, D. Turner, and D. L. Van Cott. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
This chapter analyzes the three largest insurgencies with majority Indigenous participation in Mesoamerica in the twentieth century and the ensuing trajectories of native peoples’ movements in these uprisings’ aftermath. It reviews the 1932 peasant uprising in El Salvador, the Guatemalan insurgency from the 1970s to the 1990s, and the 1994 Chiapas rebellion in southern Mexico and the subsequent movement it generated. The essay examines why Indigenous peoples engaged at times in radical and revolutionary tactics in collective action efforts to defend their rights, while in the contemporary period we observe less violent and confrontational agendas and strategies. Furthermore, the chapter analyzes political opportunities and various forms of threat (including state repression) so as to understand the divergent framing of Indigenous demands and forms of struggle over time and across cases. The state’s actions are a crucial dimension in defining what type of strategies these movements are likely to employ.
2011
Almeida, Paul. 2011. “Movimientos Populares Y Elecciones en El Salvador, 1990-2009.” Pp. 285-93 in Conflicto, memoria y pasados traumáticos: El Salvador contemporáneo, edited by E. R. Tristan and P. C. Vila. Santiago de Compostela: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Editores.