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The aim of the paper is to offer an analysis of the role of emotions in Mexican environmental conflicts. Based on fieldwork in the state of Jalisco (Mexico), where we have carried out in-depth interviews with members of three self-organized collectives which are defending their territories, and following the sociological framework on emotions and protest, we will show the role of emotions 1) in a repressive context, 2) in the construction of collective identity, as well as 3) in the organizational and strategic choices. Our proposal aims to highlight the internal dynamics of environmental activism in Mexico through a sociological lens in which the emotional dimension of the protest matters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper proposes to cinsider the migrant struggles as a new field in sociology that ponders over the collective action. This work is an exercise that focuses on struggles led by migrants with or without legal documents. Thus, this emerging social movement can be deciphered. Also, the main actors, practices and normative or political projects of these struggles, as well as the exact role they play on the map of current dissent, are analyzed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper debates the traditional notions of political transnationalism used in the United States by showing the formation and the activist process followed by the #YoSoy132 movement in New York City. The conclusion drawn is that immigrants organizations in the US have diversified their acting repertories, political perspective and their demands. Therefore, it is necessary to broaden the concept of political transnationalism to a social-political perspective. The latter will allow having a wider theoretical notion to analyze a larger number of immigrants organizations in the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]