Que se Vayan Todos!: Democratic Consolidation and Collective Action Framing in Argentina's PIQUETERISMO and Uruguay's FRENTE AMPLIO

Date of Award

2009

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Mink, Joseph

Keywords

Collective Action Framing, Democratic Consolidation, Argentina, Uruguay

Area of Concentration

Political Science

Abstract

This project seeks to assess the topics of democratic consolidation and collective action framing. The project discusses the problem of democratic consolidation and how countries with democratic institutional models may vary in terms of their legitimacy and ability to represent the public as well as the injustice, agency, and identity frames which social movements use to further their interests, particularly with regard to 20th century Latin America. As conditions in a country's political society affect the manner and effectiveness with which social movements are able to communicate, the project seeks, at large, to assess how democratic consolidation may affect the possibility of collective action frames as well as how such collective action frames may influence transitioning democracies. Drawing upon interviews and publications written in Spanish, Argentina's Piqueterismo and Uruguay's Frente Amplio are assessed. While the movements differed in their goals and organization, both sought the strengthening of democratic conditions of participation and public inclusion in political decision making. While no clear correlation is established between democratic consolidation and the types of injustice, agency, and identity frames that were both effective and possible in the respective movements, a relationship is apparent; the collective action frames utilized by Piqueterismo were effective only until their needs were met while the Frente Amplio won Uruguay's 2004 presidential election.

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