Controlling the fire : new-left governments and contentious movements in twenty-first century Latin America

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dc.contributor.advisorWeyland, Kurt Gerhard
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMadrid, Raul
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHunter, Wendy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrinks, Daniel
dc.contributor.committeeMemberYoung, Michael
dc.creatorBurt, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-15T15:25:08Z
dc.date.available2022-04-15T15:25:08Z
dc.date.created2021-08
dc.date.issued2022-02-27
dc.date.submittedAugust 2021
dc.date.updated2022-04-15T15:25:09Z
dc.description.abstractHow did the progressive governments of Latin America’s “pink tide” respond to the pressure of contentious social movements? Whereas the conventional wisdom depicts a “bottom-up” dynamic in which leftist presidents helped radical groups achieve long-term goals, I claim instead that left-wing rulers also employed “top-down” mechanisms to bring these organizations under control. In some cases, governments developed friendly ties with movements, helping them pursue long-sought objectives. In others, however, presidents neglected their demands and subjected groups to tactics of suppression. What explains this variation? I argue that two essential variables shape executive responses to radical mobilization: 1) the levels of compatibility between government and movement objectives; and 2) the degree of power concentration enjoyed by the executive. Based on eight months of field research about the new-left presidencies of the Kirchners in Argentina and Evo Morales in Bolivia, I demonstrate how these two factors conditioned the strategies that “pink-tide” presidents employed to handle the pressure of progressive social movements. Specifically, I argue that the interplay between these variables will produce one of the following results: a) alliance; b) cartelization; c) co-optation; and d) coercion. In considering a breadth of possible outcomes, my explanatory framework captures the varied patterns of government-movement interactions, and presents a novel take on the relationship between these actors during Latin America’s political move to the left.
dc.description.departmentGovernment
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/111150
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/38055
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLatin America
dc.subjectLeftist governments
dc.subjectSocial movements
dc.subjectCo-optation
dc.subjectCoercion
dc.subjectCartelization
dc.subjectAlliance
dc.subjectArgentina
dc.subjectBolivia
dc.titleControlling the fire : new-left governments and contentious movements in twenty-first century Latin America
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentGovernment
thesis.degree.disciplineGovernment
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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