Political Opportunity Structures Through the Lens of Violence in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4016592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simone Da Silva Ribeiro Gomes (0000-0001-6461-8879, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia & Antropologia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2236-7527 • E-ISSN: 2238-3875 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/2238-38752023v13310 |
| OpenAlex | W4389049448 |
| SCIELO_PID | S2238-38752023000300305 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 41 |
The article discusses the concept of Political Opportunity Structure, central to the Political Process Theory, which emerged in the 1960s, in North America, and is essential to the study of social movements. Its objective is to nuance the use of this concept, after presenting its context of initial formulation and addressing the main criticisms, reformulations-internal and external-and a proposal to include the category of violence, notably from Latin American experiences. From a qualitative approach, with an extensive bibliographic review, it concludes that the neglect of the polysemical category of violence provided an often mistaken reading of the classic questions of this field, namely, how and why subjects mobilize. Furthermore, we come up with readings that definitely include the different uses of violent practices both in social movements and to repress them in the analysis of political opportunities
Context (archaeology · Field (mathematics · Geography · Latin Americans · Neglect · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Qualitative research · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |