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      Social Movements as Actor-Networks: Prospects for a Symmetrical Approach to Doñana's Environmentalist Protests Translated title: Los movimientos sociales como actor-redes: Perspectivas para un enfoque simétrico a las protestas ecologistas de Doñana

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          Conceptualizing and understanding forms of collective action has historically been one of the primary preoccupations of social thought. In this context, I propose that the conceptual and methodological baggage that goes with Actor-Network theory (ANT) can be transformed into a fundamental resource for renewing and enriching the analysis of collective action. To achieve this, I focus on two main contributions of ANT to social thought: i) its alternative understanding of social action and ii) its alternative definition of the "collective". Both contributions, I will affirm, allow the opening up of an interesting discussion about the possibility of articulating a non-dichotomic theory of collective action that differs from the dominant traditions in that it takes into account and incorporates the materially heterogeneous and relational character of social movements. To give an example of the fertility of this approach I will focus on an analysis of the actions and reactions of environmentalist groups during the Doñana's ecological disaster (1998-2002), in Spain.

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          Conceptualizar y comprender las formas de acción colectiva ha sido históricamente una de las preocupaciones del pensamiento social. En este contexto, propongo que el bagaje conceptual y metodológico desarrollado por la denominada Teoría del Actor Red puede ser una herramienta fundamental para enriquecer y renovar el análisis de la acción colectiva. Para ello, me centraré en dos de las contribuciones principales de este enfoque: i) su comprensión alternativa de la acción social y ii) su definición alternativa del "colectivo". Ambas contribuciones, afirmaré, permiten abrir una interesante discusión sobre la posibilidad misma de articular una teoría no dicotómica de la acción colectiva que difiera de las traiciones dominantes y que tenga en cuenta el carácter materialmente heterogéneo y relacional de los movimientos sociales. Para ilustrar la fertilidad de este enfoque me centraré en el análisis de las acciones y reacciones que desplegaron los grupos ecologistas durante el Desastre Ecológico de Doñana (1998-2002), en España.

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                Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Administración (Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico )
                1405-1435
                2448-5799
                August 2011
                : 18
                : 56
                : 13-35
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                [01] Barcelona orgnameOpen University of Catalonia Spain irra.rg@ 123456gmail.com
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                S1405-14352011000200001 S1405-1435(11)01805600001
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                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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                : 31 July 2010
                : 06 October 2010
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                Teoría del Actor Red,ambientalismo,dicotomismo,movimientos sociales,ecological crisis,Science and Technology Studies,Actor-Network Theory,environmentalism,dichotomism,social movements,crisis ecológicas

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