Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and Mexico
This article examines the relationship of States and social movements, focusing on the criminalization of protests in Brazil and Mexico. The criminalization of protests is a polysemic process, which can be observed in recent years in both countries, through control strategies deployed by the media a...
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| author | Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes Roxana Cavalcanti Carlos de Jesús Gómez Abarca |
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| description | This article examines the relationship of States and social movements, focusing on the criminalization of protests in Brazil and Mexico. The criminalization of protests is a polysemic process, which can be observed in recent years in both countries, through control strategies deployed by the media and state institutions, including (albeit not exclusively) the criminal justice system. This article sheds light on the persecution of young protesters, who have gained visibility in recent movements in Latin America as actors in student movements and in movements without a generational focus. The article analyzes protests as events, focusing on the relationship between social movements, democratic regimes and violence, which is sustained in the recurring utilization of methods of criminalization of social movements in both countries. This phenomenon, we conclude, expresses the persistence of characteristics of colonial, dictatorial and authoritarian regimes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-332c18d9550c434c92cce1ca6b6567ba2022-12-22T03:55:18ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaMediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais2176-66652021-12-0126310.5433/2176-6665.2021v26n3p519Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and MexicoSimone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes0Roxana Cavalcanti1Carlos de Jesús Gómez Abarca2Universidade Federal de Pelotas - UFPelUniversity of BrightonUniversidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas - UNICACHThis article examines the relationship of States and social movements, focusing on the criminalization of protests in Brazil and Mexico. The criminalization of protests is a polysemic process, which can be observed in recent years in both countries, through control strategies deployed by the media and state institutions, including (albeit not exclusively) the criminal justice system. This article sheds light on the persecution of young protesters, who have gained visibility in recent movements in Latin America as actors in student movements and in movements without a generational focus. The article analyzes protests as events, focusing on the relationship between social movements, democratic regimes and violence, which is sustained in the recurring utilization of methods of criminalization of social movements in both countries. This phenomenon, we conclude, expresses the persistence of characteristics of colonial, dictatorial and authoritarian regimes.https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/44136CriminalizationRepressionSocial ControlCollective ActionSocial Movements. |
| spellingShingle | Simone da Silva Ribeiro Gomes Roxana Cavalcanti Carlos de Jesús Gómez Abarca Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and Mexico Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais Criminalization Repression Social Control Collective Action Social Movements. |
| title | Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and Mexico |
| title_full | Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and Mexico |
| title_short | Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: examples from Brazil and Mexico |
| title_sort | notes on the criminalization of social movements in latin america examples from brazil and mexico |
| topic | Criminalization Repression Social Control Collective Action Social Movements. |
| url | https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/44136 |
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