THE INTERPLAY OF OLD AND NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN CHILE: CONTINUITIES AND TRANSFORMATIONS FROM THE PINOCHET ERA TO THE PRESENT

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2025-5

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Akalın , Ladin

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Beginning with the third quarter of the 20th century, the world experienced a tumultuous political and economic atmosphere. These chaotic circumstances echoed sharply across societies, especially in areas where responses tend to emerge first. In a short period, increasing levels of social movements transformed riveting phenomena that were necessary to scrutinize. These developments constituted layers of the discussion about social movements; one of them was between Old Social Movements (OSMs) and New Social Movements (NSMs). The debates in the literature have not reached a clear consensus on whether the relationship between OSM and NSM represents a rupture or a form of continuity. Nevertheless, both theories were insufficient when trying to elucidate some social movements. At this point, Chile becomes a sui-generis example regarding the historical process of economic and political patterns and their reflection on social movements. This thesis aims to explore the transformation of Chilean social movements through the lens of continuity between Old Social Movements (OSMs) and New Social Movements (NSMs), challenging the conventional dichotomy that separates them. By focusing on two pivotal episodes—the 2011 Chilean Winter and the 2019 Estallido Social, it examines how contemporary mobilizations were triggered from the historicalv legacies of Pinochet's regime and his neoliberal transformation effort, which evolved social movements in Chile and constituted the continuation. Grounded in a Marxist theoretical framework and guided by an interpretive methodology, this study engages in discourse analysis to investigate how structural inequalities, ideological reproduction, and the legacy of the Pinochet regime continue to shape collective action

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Chile, Neoliberalism, New Social Movements, Legacy of Pinochet, Old Social Movements

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/114547

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis