Labor and Social Movements in Latin America

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Workers, often in alliance with other marginalized groups, have played a major role in shaping modern Latin American politics. This course examines labor-based forms of political representation in Latin America and provides an overview of major historic and contemporary movements across the region, including those that seek to represent and empower traditionally excluded sectors, such as urban and rural workers, informal workers, women, as well as indigenous groups. In this course, students will analyze the conditions that facilitate or inhibit collective mobilization, the connections between various movements and political parties, especially those on the left, and their relationship with the state.