Grassroots transitional movements and international linkages: The case of the #NIUNAMENOS movement
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- Abstract
- Demanding an end to the staggering rates of femicide and gender-based violence in the region, the #NiUnaMenos (Not One Less) social movement began in Argentina in 2015 and has since swept across Latin America. Marches organized since 2015 have brought a new era to the Latin American feminist movement, elevating feminist demands to a central political stage and demanding a new reckoning against gendered violence. As a transnational social movement, #NiUnaMenos has diffused widely and transcended national borders. Moreover, it has remained active in its home base Argentina and led to unprecedented policy reform. This research asks the central question: how does the transnational and regional structure of #NiUnaMenos help explain the efficiency and diffusion of the social movement? Employing a social network analysis approach of the #NiUnaMenos activist base on Twitter, this paper argues that the South-South connections of the #NiUnaMenos movements, between Argentina and neighboring Latin American countries, have been essential for its ability to diffuse widely and retain relevance over the years. Through an extraction of 209,984 unique Twitter users compromising the following and followers of the official @NiUnaMenos_ Twitter page, this research builds a network visualization of the #NiUnaMenos activist network. In line with previous research on transnational social movements, it finds that #NiUnaMenos operates similarly to other social movements in its home base Argentine: relying on a dense regional web to mobilize protest actions. However, an analysis of regional and country differences within the #NiUnaMenos movement suggests that its international network operates differently. Centrally, through limited but crucial connections to key network “Bridgers,” #NiUnaMenos is able to connect to an international audience. These “Bridgers” are only loosely connected to the regional Argentinean network hub but connect #NiUnaMenos to distinct activist networks in different countries across Latin America.
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| Type of resource | text |
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| Publication date | June 23, 2023 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Diaz-Magaloni, Emilia |
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| Advisor | Grusky, David |
| Department | Stanford University Department of Sociology |
Subjects
| Subject | Latin America, Argentina, femicide, gender-based violence, activist network, social network |
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| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Diaz-Magaloni, E. (2023). Grassroots transitional movements and international linkages: The case of the #NIUNAMENOS movement. Stanford University, Department of Sociology. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/xt972yv7103.
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