State-society relations in uncertain times: Social movement strategies, ideational contestation and the pandemic in Brazil and Argentina
Abstract: This article compares how COVID-19 affected state-society relations differently in two relatively similar countries: Brazil and Argentina. Bringing together social movement theories and ideational institutionalism, we argue that variation in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic is explained by the different roles played by social movements inside and outside government and by contrasting ideational disputes. The extreme uncertainty introduced by the pandemic generated intense contestation about the meaning of the crisis and how to resolve it. In Brazil, progressive social movements not only were excluded from the government coalition, but also had to combat a powerful discourse that denied the existence of a crisis altogether. Such denialism did not flourish in the same way in Argentina, where progressive social movements were part of national government processes. The result was that in Argentina, movement-government dynamics revolved around constructing long-term policy proposals
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: International Political Science Review ; 42 (2021) 3 ; 333-349
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Politik
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
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2021
- DOI
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10.1177/0192512121993713
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-76739-7
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated
- Abers, Rebecca N.
- Rossi, Federico M.
- Bülow, Marisa von
- SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
Time of origin
- 2021
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