The great challenges of the 21st century in Latin America: State and popular struggles

Seminar 1948

Chair: CLACSO
Coordination: Mabel Thwaites Rey, Anahí Durand Guevara and Hernán Ouviña (GT: Latin American States: Rupture and Restoration, Argentina)
Home: 19 / 08 / 2019 | Registration: 04/02/2019 al 16/08/2019

Teaching team: Anahi Durand Guevara, Hernán Ouviña, Rodolfo Eduardo Gómez, Mabel Thwaites Rey and Jorge Viaña Uzieda

Workload: 12 weeks – 90 hours.

Payment methods
If you have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:

Paying in one payment: USD 95 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).

If you have a link with a Network or Institution Associated with CLACSO:

Paying in one payment: USD 140 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).

If you do NOT have a link with a CLACSO Associated Center:

Paying in one payment BEFORE 09/08/2019: USD 150 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).
Paying in one payment: USD 190 (includes issuance and shipping costs of the digital certificate).

Course presentation:

The question of the State, as a locus of concentrated power, a privileged arena for disputes, and a territory for the struggles and construction of hegemony and counter-hegemony, has returned to the center of political debate in the last 20 years. This has meant reviving the fundamental discussion surrounding power, not only in its restricted dimension, but also with respect to the broad economic and socio-political significance it expresses as the core of the concentration of power relations. It is no coincidence that, in historical moments of rising popular struggles, but also in those marked by a destabilizing and/or restorationist tendency on the part of the economically dominant classes and elites, the “question of the State” reappears in the foreground with greater force, insofar as the substantive struggle for power is raised. Undoubtedly, this centrality has been evident in the processes that have attempted to advance more radical alternative proposals to the neoliberalism prevalent in the 90s, as well as in those that, in a more ambiguous way, sought to break with or distance themselves from some of its founding principles, but also in those countries where neoliberal hegemony still endures and seems to have no major cracks. The Seminar aims precisely to address this highly relevant dimension, without separating it from the popular struggles and power dynamics that shape and tear apart Latin American societies as a whole.

Contents:

Critical theories of the State: from classical versions to contemporary Latin American perspectives
State, class struggle, coloniality and patriarchy
The State and the cycle of challenge to neoliberalism in Latin America: keys to understanding
State and social movements: tensions and dilemmas
State and popular struggles in Venezuela
State and popular struggles in Bolivia and Ecuador
State and popular struggles in Peru and Colombia
State and popular struggles in Argentina
State and popular struggles in Brazil
State and popular struggles in Mexico
State and popular struggles in Haiti and the Caribbean

General Bibliography of the Seminar

Sánchez Vázquez, Adolfo (1999) "The question of power in Marx", in Between reality and utopia. Essays on Marxism, morality and socialism, Editorial Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico.

Borón, Atilio (2003) "Statolatry and state-centric theories", in State, capitalism and democracy in Latin America, CLACSO, Buenos Aires.

Ouviña, Hernán (2006) "The State: its approach from a theoretical and historical perspective", in Introduction to the knowledge of society and the State, Editorial Gran Aldea, Buenos Aires.

Weber, Max (1998) Economy and Society (selection of fragments), Fondo de Cultura Económica Publishing House, Buenos Aires.

Gramsci, Antonio (1999) Prison Notebooks (selection of notes), Editorial Era, Mexico.

Poulantzas, Nicos (1979) State, Power and Socialism (selection of fragments), Editorial Siglo XXI, Mexico.

Zavaleta, René (1987) The State in Latin America, Editorial Los amigos del libro, La Paz.

Aricó, José (1999) "Latin America as a problematic unit", in Justo's hypothesis, Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires.

Thwaites Rey, Mabel and Ouviña, Hernán (2012) “Latin American statehood revisited. Reflections and hypotheses around the problem of political power and transitions”, in Thwaites Rey, Mabel (ed.) The State in Latin America: continuities and ruptures, Editorial Arcis-CLACSO, Santiago de Chile.

Thwaites Rey, Mabel and Ouviña, Hernán (2019) "The cycle of challenge to neoliberalism in Latin America: rise and fracture", in Ouviña, Hernán and Thwaites Rey, Mabel (comp.) States in dispute. Rise and fracture of the cycle of challenge to neoliberalism in Latin America, CLACSO and Editorial El Colectivo, Buenos Aires.

Modonesi, Massimo (2017) "Passive Revolutions and Progressive Governments at the Beginning of the Century", in Passive Revolutions in Latin America, Editorial Itaka, Mexico.

Monedero, Juan Carlos (2019) "Strategic Selectivity of the State and Change of Cycle in Latin America", in Ouviña, Hernán and Thwaites Rey, Mabel (comp.) States in Dispute. Rise and Fracture of the Cycle of Challenge to Neoliberalism in Latin America, CLACSO and Editorial El Colectivo, Buenos Aires.

Coronil, Fernando (2017) The Magical State. Nature, Money and Modernity in Venezuela, Alfa Publishing House, Caracas. Chávez, Daniel; Ouviña, Hernán and Thwaites Rey, Mabel (editors) (2017) Venezuela: Urgent Readings from the South, CLACSO/TNI/IEALC, Buenos Aires.

Ouviña, Hernán (2013) "State, electoral dispute and construction of popular power in Bolivarian Venezuela", in OSAL Magazine Number 33, CLACSO, Buenos Aires.

Viaña, Jorge et al (2014) Configuration and Horizons of the Plurinational State in Bolivia, CIS, La Paz.

Viaña, Jorge (2019) "The Bolivian state cycle 2010 – 2018", in Ouviña, Hernán and Thwaites Rey, Mabel (comp.) States in dispute. Rise and fracture of the cycle of challenge to neoliberalism in Latin America, CLACSO and Editorial El Colectivo, Buenos Aires.

García Linera, Alvaro (2011) The creative tensions of the revolution. The Fifth phase of the process of change, Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, La Paz.

Quijano, Anibal (1978) Imperialism, social classes and the State in Peru, Center for Social Research, Mosca Azul Editores, Lima.

Ugarteche, Oscar (2004) Goodbye State, welcome market, Ebert Foundation-National University of San Marcos, Lima.

Crabtree, John and Durand, Francisco (2017) Peru: Power Elites and Political Capture of the State, Pontifical Catholic University, Lima.

Bonnet, Alberto (2012) "The crisis of the neoliberal State in Argentina", in Thwaites Rey, Mabel (comp.) The State in Latin America: continuities and ruptures, CLACSO/ARCIS, Santiago de Chile.

Piva, Adrián (2019) "The limits of a contradictory strategy. The economic-political dynamics of Kirchnerism (2003-2015)", in Ouviña, Hernán and Thwaites Rey, Mabel (comp.) States in dispute. Rise and fracture of the cycle of challenge to neoliberalism in Latin America, CLACSO/Editorial El Colectivo, Buenos Aires.

Thwaites Rey, Mabel and Ouviña, Hernán (2016) "Hegemonic tensions in recent Argentina", in Oliver, Lucio (coord.) Recent transformations of the integral state in Latin America, UNAM, Mexico.

Boito Jr., Armando (2018) "The coup d'état in Brazil", in Revista Argumentos, v. 31, Buenos Aires.

Martuscelli, Danilo (2017) “The fights against corruption in recent Brazilian political crises”, PIMSA, Documents and communications, Buenos Aires.

Martuscelli, Danilo (2019) "Balance of the PT governments and analysis of class realignments in the crisis of the Dilma government", in Ouviña, Hernán and Thwaites Rey, Mabel (comp.) States in dispute. Rise and fracture of the cycle of challenge to neoliberalism in Latin America, CLACSO and Editorial El Colectivo, Buenos Aires.

Oliver, Lucio (2016) "Mexico. The integral State in the 21st century: crisis of hegemony and changes in the State-society equation. A look with Gramsci", in Oliver, Lucio (coord.) Recent transformations of the integral State in Latin America, UNAM, Mexico.

Roux, Rinha (2005) The Mexican Prince. Subalternity, history and State, Editorial Era, Mexico.

Mellano, Julieta and Sánchez Quiroz, Magdiel (2019) "Mexico inside and outside CINAL: The exception or the mirror to the future?", in Ouviña, Hernán and Thwaites Rey, Mabel (comp.) States in dispute. Rise and fracture of the cycle of challenge to neoliberalism in Latin America, CLACSO and Editorial El Colectivo, Buenos Aires.

FAQ

What do I need to take a CLACSO virtual seminar?

The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:

Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
Internet access.
Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages are Spanish and Portuguese.

What is the length of a CLACSO virtual seminar? What is the total number of hours?

The seminars last 12 weeks, plus the completion of a final project. A total of 90 hours of dedication will be credited.

What is the work modality and dynamics?

A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.