Abstract

RUIBAL, Alba M.. Legal Mobilization and Counter-Mobilization: Proposal for its Analysis in Latin America. Polít. gob [online]. 2015, vol.22, n.1, pp.175-198. ISSN 1665-2037.

In the context of new political and legal conditions, social actors in Latin America have recently developed new forms of collective action, including in particular legal mobilization. This paper intends to contribute to the study of this development, through the incorporation of elements of three scholarly traditions that have generally developed separately from each other: social movement theory, legal mobilization studies and constitutional theory. It points out in particular the contribution of democratic constitutionalism to the analysis of the role of social movements in legal change. It also proposes the use of the terms counter-movement and counter-legal mobilization for the study of collective action and legal strategies developed by conservative sectors that oppose the advancement of social movements in Latin America.

Keywords : social movements; legal mobilization; counter-mobilization; abortion rights; Latin America.

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