Joe Foweraker’s book Theorizing Social Movements is a compelling introduction to social movement theories and how they relate to a certain region in the world which in this case in Latin America.

About the Author 

As his page in Oxford University demonstrates, Foweraker has been leading research on democracy and social movements with a focus on Latin America. He edited Encyclopedia of Democratic Thought and a co-authored  Governing Latin America. His current research deploys classical democratic theory to analyze the nature of Latin American democracy. His latest book is Democracy and its Discontents in Latin America.