Essays about: "Zapatistas"

Found 4 essays containing the word Zapatistas.

  1. 1. Expanding Autonomy : A qualitative case study on the EZLN and the expansion of autonomous communities in 2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Viktor Göranson; [2020]
    Keywords : EZLN; zapatistas; political opportunity structure; social movements; tren maya; Andrés Manuel López Obrador;

    Abstract : In August 2019 the indigenous social movement Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), decided to deepen their autonomy project and thereby to intensify their conflict with the Mexican state. The group that emerged in 1994 has for almost three decades been in conflict with the Mexican government. READ MORE

  2. 2. Intersectionality and Social Movements - A discourse analysis of intersectionality within the Zapatista movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emilie Jørgensen; [2018]
    Keywords : intersectionality; social movement; discourse; Zapatistas; oppression; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Zapatista movement is a multilayered movement fighting unequal power structures and oppression. The movement has from the beginning incorporated a large number of women, both as members and as supporters. READ MORE

  3. 3. Educating for sustainable peace: A field study of the Zapatista educational projects in Chiapas

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Simon Johansson; [2015]
    Keywords : Knowledge; Zapatista educational projects; Peace education; Critical pedagogy; Conscientisation;

    Abstract : This qualitative study has examined the Zapatista educational projects in Chiapas, drawing on two months of fieldwork conducted in the Caracoles of La Realidad, Oventic and Morelia. The aim of the study has been to develop a critical reflection upon how the Zapatistas through their educational projects have addressed past issues of educational malpractice. READ MORE

  4. 4. A study of social responses and repercussions in the world-system

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Nicklas Karlsson; [2011]
    Keywords : Swedish Democrats; globalization; World-system; Zapatistas rebellion; ontology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis shows how globalization creates disenfranchisment. Through a world-system perspective and an alternate view on globalization as social reproduction, it explores how people get disenfranchised by exposing the relationship between psychosocial expression and politico-economic structures. READ MORE