This groundbreaking text explores the dramatic evolution in Latin American social movements over the past fifteen years. Leading scholars examine a variety of cases that highlight significant shifts in the region. First is the breakdown of the Washington Consensus and the global economic crisis since 2008, accompanied by the rise of new paradigms such asbuen vivir (living well). Second are transformations in internal movement dynamics and strategies, especially the growth of horizontalism (horizontalidad), which emphasizes non-hierarchical relations within society rather than directly tackling state power. Third are new dynamics of resistance and repression as movements interact with the pink tide rise of left-of-center governments in the region. Exploring outcomes and future directions, the contributors consider the variations between movements arising from immediate circumstances (such as Oaxacas 2006 uprising and Brazils 2013 bus fare protests) and longer-lasting movements (Vía Campesina, Brazils MST, and Mexicos Zapatistas). Assessing both the continuities in social movement dynamics and important new tendencies, this book will be essential reading for all students of Latin American politics and society.Contributions by: Marc Becker, George Ciccariello-Maher, Kwame Dixon, Fran Espinoza, Daniela Issa, Nathalie Lebon, Maurice Rafael Magaña, María Elena Martinez-Torres, Sara C. Motta, Leonidas Oikonomakis, Suyapa Portillo Villeda, Peter M. Rosset, Marina Sitrin, Rose J. Spalding, Richard Stahler-Sholk, Alicia Swords, Harry E. Vanden, and Raúl Zibechi

Richard Stahler-Sholk is professor in the Department of Political Science at Eastern Michigan University.Harry E. Vanden is professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs and the Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean at the University of South Florida.Marc Becker is professor in the Department of History at Truman State University.

Chapter 1: Introduction,Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc BeckerPart I: Changing Contexts, Changing ResponsesChapter 2: Reinventing Revolutions in Latin America: An Other Politics in Practice and Theory,Sara MottaPart II: Movement Dynamics, Strategies, and IdentitiesChapter 3: Challenges and Difficulties of Urban Territories in Resistance,Raúl ZibechiChapter 4: Building Horizontal Political Cultures: Youth Activism and the Legacy of the Oaxacan Social Movement of 2006,Maurice Rafael MagañaChapter 5: Praxis of Empowerment: Mística and Mobilization in Brazils Landless Rural Workers Movement,Daniela IssaChapter 6: Network Politics in the Mesoamerican Movement against the Plan Puebla-Panamá,Alicia SwordsChapter 7:Por la refundación de Honduras: Building a New Kind of Social Movement,Suyapa Portillo VilledaChapter 8: Popular Feminism in Contemporary Brazil: Lineage and Alliances,Nathalie LebonChapter 9: The Contradictions of Black Cultural Politics in Salvador da Bahia: 1970s to the Present,Kwame DixonPart III: Dealing with the (Reconstituted) StateChapter 10: Autonomy, Collective Identity, and Social Movement Strategies: The Zapatistas and Beyond,Richard Stahler-SholkChapter 11: Argentina: Against and Beyond the State,Marina A. SitrinChapter 12: Taking the Streets, Swarming Public Spaces: The 2013 Popular Protests and Social Movements in Brazil,Harry E. VandenChapter 13: Bolivarianism and the Venezuelan Commune,George Ciccariello-MaherChapter 14: Correa, Indigenous Movements, and the Writing of a New Constitution in Ecuador,Marc BeckerChapter 15: Bolivias MAS and Its Relation with the Movements That Brought It to State Power,Leonidas Oikonomakis and Fran EspinozaPart IV: Transnational OrganizingChapter 16: Horizontalism and the Anti-Mining Movement in El Salvador,Rose J. SpaldingChapter 17: Horizontal Dialogue in the Construction of Agroecology by CLOC/Vía Campesina,María Elena Martínez and Peter M. RossetChapter 18: Conclusion,Richard Stahler-Sholk, Harry E. Vanden, and Marc Becker