Student Resistance to Dictatorship in Chile, 1973-1990: 'Security to Study, Freedom to Live!' (2024) (Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements)

Synopsis

This book documents and analyses Chilean university and school students’ opposition to the Pinochet regime during the latter years of the 1970s and the 1980s. The book focuses on key episodes such as the establishment of cultural groups within the militarily controlled universities that enabled students to congregate and exchange ideas for the first time since the 1973 coup; how university and secondary school students created their own democratic institutions to challenge the regime-appointed bodies; and how these eventually led to the restoration of the national federations that had been banned by the military government. The author explores the key relationship between the vertically organised, underground political parties, and the horizontally organised, broad, non-partisan organisations created by the students, arguing that this structure brought advantages to the movement. The students’ contribution to the national protests in the 1980s ensured that opposition to the regime was highly visible in the city centre, resulting in a socially broadened opposition with a focus on youth, rather than disenfranchisement and poverty. Offering a detailed account of different forms of student activism, this book evaluates the role of school and university students within the broader anti-dictatorship opposition in Chile.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783031643842

Related ISBNs:

9783031643835

Publisher:

Springer Nature Switzerland

Date of Addition:

10/21/24

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Military, Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.