Movilización y contra-movilización legal Propuesta para su análisis en América Latina

Alba M. Ruibal

Alba M. Ruibal

Palabras clave: movimientos sociales, movilización legal, contra-movilización, derecho al aborto, América Latina

Resumen

Ante un nuevo contexto político y jurídico, los actores sociales en América Latina han desarrollado recientemente nuevas formas de acción colectiva, incluyendo en particular la movilización legal. Este trabajo intenta contribuir al estudio de este fenómeno, a través de la integración de elementos de tres tradiciones académicas que generalmente se han desarrollado de manera separada: la teoría de los movimientos sociales, los estudios sobre movilización legal y la teoría constitucional. Se argumenta en particular sobre la contribución del constitucionalismo democrático al análisis del rol de los movimientos sociales en el cambio legal, y se propone estudiar con los mismos marcos analíticos los contra-movimientos y la contra-movilización legal desarrollada por sectores conservadores en América Latina.

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