Los movimientos sociales en un mundo globalizado: ¿alguna novedad?

Abstract

The article develops a number of issues regarding the impact of globalization on collective political actors which we tend to term social movements, or «networks of movements», placing particular emphasis –but not exclusively– on those movements which have emerged in Latin America. To this effect the article has three sections. Firstly, it present a discussion of the global context and its impact on political. Secondly, it develops different explanatory perspectives –which coincide with different analytical frameworks– for the observation of social movements (taken in a broad sense) in the newglobal context. Finally, the article reflects on issues concerning the changing forms of social movements as a new century dawns.