Indigenous transnational mobilization in the Amazon basin: Democracy, new social movements and epistemic communities

The growing discussion regarding social movements in the hegemonic context of liberal democracies, as well as the increasing number of groups organized for different reasons, raises questions about the States’ apparatuses for the maintenance of democracy. This paper aims to discuss the emergence of...

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Autor: Girão Florêncio, Jéssica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Comentario Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/1064
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/comentario/article/view/1064
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:democracia
movimientos indígenas
redes transnacionales
comunidades epistémicas
democracy
indigenous movements
transnational networks
epistemic communities
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Sumario:The growing discussion regarding social movements in the hegemonic context of liberal democracies, as well as the increasing number of groups organized for different reasons, raises questions about the States’ apparatuses for the maintenance of democracy. This paper aims to discuss the emergence of social movements in the context of transnationality and epistemic communities. Thus, the theories about democracyand social movements are addressed. The reasons why these social groups articulate are also analyzed, with emphasis on indigenous articulations, even in the category of new transnational social movements. These groups are conceptualized as transnational networks and epistemic communities, based on the discussions of critical constructivism.