Social movements case studies Flashcards
What are the 5 development case studies?
1) Via campensina
2) Save Narmada Movement NBA
3) MST movement - landless workers
4) ZAPISTA movement
5) World social forum
What are the issues that Via Campesina concerns itself with?
Food sovereignty, climate justice , peasant’s rights and an end to violence against women
What is the opposition in Via Campesina?
Small scale agriculture vs large scale business
Who is the figure for Via CAmpenina?
Torrez 2011
What are the initials for the Sav Narmada Movement?
NBA
Who is the case study for Narmada?
Narula 2008
How does Narula 2011 characterise save Narmada?
A movement agains the world bank
What are two methods for the Save Narmada movement
Hunger strikes and court actions
What is a particularly important aspect of the violence in the world bank’s projects on the Narmada river
disproportionately affect lower Carste people
When does Via Campesina start?
1993
How many members does the MST movement have?
1.5 million
Who is the author for MST movement?
Robbles 2001
What is the goal of the MST in South America?
achieve a sustainable life for the poor
What validates the cause of the MST?
there is a historical precedent for land reform in Brazil
What is the movement in mexico against nafta?
Zapatista
When was the Zapatista movement
1994
Who is the author for the zapatista?
Esteva and Prakash 1998
What is the case study for the world social forum?
Mundial 2003
What is the car study from David Graeber
2010
What phrase is attribute to Graber?
We are the 99%
What are the two case studies from reading?
Banco Palmas: Dacheux and Goujon 2011
Huish and Darnell 2011 Cuban sport case study
Who says that there is an underside to the global capitalist economy where the repressed transgress the imaginaries of the first and third world?
Kaltz 2004
Who says that attention to the histories and geographies of social movements helps to decolonise development studies?
Silvey and Rankin 2010
What is the critique that you can make of solidarity and small scale movements?
The small scale nature that is so valuable about them naturally limits their efficacy for challenging the development framework effectively.
