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Social movements and their impact on the transition to democracy: the case of Zapatistas
Petříček, Martin ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee) ; Opatrný, Josef (referee) ; Měšťánková, Petra (referee)
This dissertation aims to enrich the discussion about the role of social movements in the process of democratisation, ie. to assess their role in the transformation from authoritarian to democratic regime. In particular, it tries to find the way how to assess the impact of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) and related movement on the Mexican transition to democracy in 1990s. The analysis tries to identify possible impacts on three different levels -- political (which means regime transition), social (which is related with the change of the nature of the relations between state and society, once described as corporatist) and economical (which means the end of neoliberal policy promoted by recent Mexican governments and the introduction of more equal, "more democratic" policy in zapatista logic). It looks both at the formal (direct through bargaining) and informal (influence) impact of the zapatista movement. From the methodological point of view, the study is case analysis, in some parts it uses historical analysis. The text is structured into five chapters. The first chapter shows main theoretical and methodological approaches to the social movements with special focus on Latin American context. It is followed by explaining the principles of methods used to assessment of the zapatista impacts. The second chapter presents main approaches to social change and process of democratic transition. The third chapter contains the historical analysis of transformation of relation between state and society during 20th century, from the introduction of (state) corporatist model in 1930s to its gradual dismantling in the late 20th century. The fourth chapter analysis the evolution of EZLN from its beginning in Lacandon jungle in southern Mexican state of Chiapas. In relation with the emphasis of movement's goals, the period from 1994, when zapatista uprising in Chiapas started, to 2010 is divided into four stages. In the fifth chapter, theoretical findings are applied on EZLN and zapatista movement and formulated hypotheses are tested.
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The Zapatista Rebellion in Mexican Chiapas: political - historical context
Švehlová, Eva ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Doležal, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the Zapatista rebellion in Mexican Chiapas from the year 1994 and its main aim is to evaluate the achievements of the whole rebellion. Firstly, the thesis concentrates on the bases for the formation of the rebellion by studying crucial events from Mexican history. Furthermore, it describes the course of the rebellion in chronological sequence and it lays stress on the armed actions of the Zapatista, their non-military activities and peace negotiations with the government. In the last chapter, the thesis presents a deeper analysis of different aspects of the rebellion by the means of the analysis of structure, origin and members; the analysis of ideology, demands and aims and finally the analysis of means of struggle where the role of media is highlighted above all. The final evaluation of the achievements is devided into Mexican, global and theoretical level.
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