Participatory Democracy in Action
Practices of the Zapatistas and the Movimento Sem Terra
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4902398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amory Starr, María Elena Martínez-Torres (0000-0001-9452-1891, Environment and Society Program of the Center for Research and Graduate Studies in Social Anthropology, Southeast Campus (CIESAS-Sureste), San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico), Peter M Rosset (0000-0002-1253-1066, Action Network), Peter Rosset (Center for the Study of Rural Change in Mexico (CECCAM), Center for the Study of the Americas in Berkeley, CA, Land Research Action Network) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 102-119 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-582X • E-ISSN: 1552-678X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0094582x10384214 |
| OpenAlex | W2161058067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 35 |
Participatory democracy has been studied as an auxiliary to state processes and as an institutional and cultural part of social movements. Studies of the use of participatory democracy by the Zapatistas of Mexico and the Movimento Sem Terra (Landless Movement-MST) of Brazil show a shared concern with autonomy, in particular avoidance of demobilization through the clientelism and paternalism induced by government programs and political parties. Both movements stress training in democracy (the experience of "being government") and the obligation to participate. Detailed examination of their governance practices may be helpful to communities building democratic movements in other places
Autonomy · Citizen journalism · Clientelism · Collective action · Corporate governance · Demobilization · Democracy · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Management · Obligation · Paternalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration · Social and Economic Solidarity
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Housing Mismatch for Metis in Northern Saskatchewan
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Becoming a Care-Tizen
Converging on food sovereignty
Urban transition toward food sovereignty
Understanding Change in Non-State Armed Group Behaviour
Political Anarchism and Raz’s Theory of Authority
Institutional Bricolage and Commoning in Community-Driven Development Projects in Brazilian Agrarian Settlements
Institutionalizing economies of opposition
La resignificación campesinista de la ruralidad
Peasant and indigenous autonomy before and after the pink tide in Latin America
Paternalism or participatory governance? Efforts and obstacles in implementing the Brazilian water policy in a large watershed
Resistance at the Borders of Power
Emancipatory movements in Latin America
Politicising proximity
Conceptions and Practices of Autonomy among Indigenous and Peasant Movements in Latin America
Zapatismo as a Resonant Public Pedagogy
The ambivalent political work of emotions in the defence of territory, life and the commons
After the revolution
Reflective Democracy
Strong Democracy
Hearing the Other Side
The Social Dynamics of Brazil's Rural Landless Workers' Movement
Civil Society, the Internet, and the Zapatistas
The Socio-Religious Origins of Brazil's Landless Rural Workers Movement
Not in my Name
Latin America's Emerging Local Politics
Families, Fields, And Fighting For Land
Promised Land
Praxis of Empowerment
Neo-Zapatista Network Politics
"Zapatista Anticapitalist Politics and the "Other Campaign
Rebel Youth and Zapatista Autonomous Education
Globalizing Resistance
Zapatismo and Urban Political Practice
Subjetividade em movimento
Sobre cooperação e cooperativas em assentamentos rurais
Punto de vista e investigación
Democracy, Decentralization, and Clientelism
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Society Against the State
Deepening Democracy
From Virtual Public Spheres to Global Justice
La Vía Campesina
The Zapatista rebellion in the context of globalization
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,51 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2025 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |