CASAS’ member Isabel Güiza-Gómez has published this article in Studies in Comparative International Development with Laura García-Montoya, & Arturo Chang. Abstract: Under which conditions do social movement coalitions factionalize under parallel, and possibly contending, frames? We argue that social movements split along opposing collective action frames when development paradigm shifts create distinct opportunities or threats…
Isabel Güiza-Gomez, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Comparative Politics with Laura García-Montoya & María Paula Saffon. Abstract: Under what conditions can the Left become electorally competitive in exclusionary contexts where actors championing redistribution face barriers to entry? We argue that leftist parties can significantly increase electoral support during inclusionary institutional openings, such as…
Itayosara Rojas Herrera, CASAS’ member, has published this article in the Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: In Colombia, rural working people’s struggles are led by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Colombians, and Campesinxs, each with platforms for land claims. While these efforts have yielded significant titles and land areas, contradictions arise as the state’s and capital’s attempts to…
CASAS’ member, Sergio Coronado, has published an article in Latin American Perspectives. Abstract: The 2010s could be defined for Latin America as a period of multiple and interrelated transitions. The decay of the “Pink Tide” and the reemergence of different strands of right-wing, authoritarian, and populist political projects was shaped by the impacts of convergent…
Juan Camilo Portela, CASAS’ member, has just published an article in Spanish in “Debates en Sociología”. Abstract: This article addresses the processes of interpretation in the public sphere about the 2013 National Agrarian Strike in Colombia, and especially the way in which the protesters were considered authentic and legitimate. Based on a cultural sociology approach,…