Institutionalization of leftist utopias in Latin America: a case study

Guillem Compte Nunes (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

Faced with popular dissatisfaction with liberal-capitalist democracy, at the beginning of the 21st century there is a governmental shift to the left in Latin America, in which Mexico is recently participating, with the arrival of the Morena party to power. The social movements that promote these political projects convey leftist utopias that seek to institutionalize themselves in political systems and public policies. However, this process of utopian institutionalization presents tensions and contradictions within the so-called party-movements. In this paper I present a methodological proposal for utopian analysis, which I apply to the “Colectivo La Calle”, a group that is part of the lopezobradorista movement in Mexico. I analyze three utopias mediated by this group and find that indeed the Colectivo is mobilizing against Morena’s pragmatism. This result adds to previous literature, which, given contemporary governmental experiences, questions the ability of the Latin American institutional left to overcome conservative hegemony.

utopía lopezobradorismo México acción colectiva Morena CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES Utopia Mexico collective action

Militancia partidaria y toma de decisiones en el Movimiento Regeneración Nacional.

Mariela Díaz Sandoval Alberto Espejel Espinoza (2018, [Artículo])

The purpose of the article is to show a qualitative approach to the opinion of the militancy on decision¿making inside the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). Hence, the paper accounts for an actor, of whom little evidence has been provided, in the studies on intra¿democracy: the militant. In that sense, the questions that guided the research were: Who makes the major decisions with in Morena? What role do the militants have when it comes to selecting leaders and candidates? What does the militant think about the way in which are made with in the party? By conducting in¿depth interviews and document analysis, the main findings show the concentration of power in Morena, both statutory level and in the partisan reality. Coupled with an active and dissatisfied militancy, but at the same time justifies the concentration of power in Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Morena political left militancy internal democracy CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIA POLÍTICA VIDA POLÍTICA PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS