"Ni una más": An exploration on how social movements against gender-based violence in Mexico influence policy development and community culture

这一项目有助于公共政策和政治社会学领域的研究文献，试图进一步了解公共政策的变化与社会运动的需求之间的相互作用。尽管理论研究表明，在“共同构建政策”方面有潜在贡献，但实证研究主要集中在社会运动对政策的明显影响上。这项研究项目更进一步，考察了社会运动实践转化为法律和政策的过程。具体地说，它试图将基于性别的暴力的社会现实的关键方面纳入政策制定，这些方面目前被政策制定者忽视，但已被社会运动动员起来。作为这一分析的结果，这项研究将详细阐述并提出可能的战略，以便更好地将民间社会的做法转化为新的机构、政策和立法。该项目关注两个主要群体：来自国会或立法者的政策制定者和一个倡导结束墨西哥基于性别的暴力的社会运动团体--“我的母亲”--在墨西哥范围内围绕暴力侵害妇女这一主题展开讨论。初步研究将在墨西哥城进行，试图设计两种人群的焦点小组，然后组织对那些选择继续参与的参与者进行一对一的采访。这项研究借鉴了人权社会学的新兴领域以及关于性别和权力的女权主义理论。这篇论文将考察费德里奇(2004)和巴塔查里亚(2013)对马克思的社会再生产理论的评论，并将特别从政治机会结构方法(POS)出发，对最近的社会运动理论进行批判性评论。将被用来理解当前政策制定缺陷的另一个关键概念是共同建设的想法。共同建设的概念被理解为民间社会参与确定和制定社会政策。基于性别的暴力的社会现实中的一些因素不能仅由国家机构“转化”为政策。在这些“不可翻译的社会因素”的情况下，政策制定者需要来自社会运动的原则和概念的输入，为政策增加了一个新的维度。总之，本研究的目的是调查墨西哥反对基于性别的暴力的社会运动对政策制定和社会的影响。该项目的目标是：1.就社会运动和政策发展之间的相互依存关系产生经验数据，方法是：--对现行的针对性别的政策进行批判性评估，以确定其发展的理由、社会观点和执行战略。--了解社会运动采取的社会战略、原则和宣传方法及其与当前政策的关系。--严格评估这些社会运动对社会的影响。提供深入的、批判性的文献回顾，以调查社会再生产是否能够解释墨西哥系统性的基于性别的暴力。将实证结果发展为理论框架，以提高对共建针对性别的政策的好处的理解。支持政策制定者、社会运动、非政府组织和社区积极分子设计和制定替代社会政策。

This project contributes to the research literature in the public policy and political sociology areas that attempt to further the understanding of the interaction between changes in public policy and the demand of social movements. Although theoretical research has suggested potential contributions on the 'co-construction of policy', empirical research has been largely fixated on the visible impact of social movements on policy. This research project goes a step further by examining the process of 'translation' of social movement practices into the law and policy. Specifically, it attempts to bring to policy formulation crucial aspects of the social reality of gender-based violence that are currently being overlooked by policymakers but have been mobilised by social movements. As a result of this analysis, the research will elaborate and suggests potential strategies to attain a better translation of civil society practices into new institutions, policy and legislation. The project is focused around the topic of violence against women in the context of Mexico by looking at two main populations: policymakers from Congress or legislators and a social movement group advocating for the end of gender-based violence in Mexico, "Ni una mas". Primary research will be undertaken in Mexico city attempting to design focus groups with members of both populations as well as later organise one to one interviews with those participants who opt to continue participating. This research draws from the emerging field of the sociology of human rights and from feminist theories of gender and power. The thesis will look at Marx's theory of social reproduction, as reviewed by Federici (2004) and Bhattacharya (2013) and will also conduct a critical review of recent theories of social movements, drawing specifically from the political opportunity structure approach (POS). Another key concept that will be utilised to understand the shortcomings of current policy development is the idea o co- construction. The notion of co-construction is understood as the participation of civil society in the defining and drawing up of social policies. Some elements of the social reality of gender-based violence cannot be "translated" into policy by state agents alone. In the case of these "untranslatable social elements", policymakers require the input from social movements' principles and concepts, adding a new dimension to policy.In summary, the aim of this research is to investigate the influence of social movements against gender-based violence in Mexico on policy development and society. The objectives of the project are:1. To generate empirical data on the interdependent relationship between social movements and policy development, by:- Critically evaluating the current gender-specific policy to establish the rationale for its development, social views and strategies of implementation.- Understanding the social strategies, principles and advocacy approaches adopted by social movements and their relationship to current policy.- Critically assessing the influence of these social movements on society.2. To provide an in-depth, critical literature review to investigate whether social reproduction can explain the systematic gender-based violence in Mexico.3. To develop empirical results into a theoretical framework to improve understanding of the benefits of the co-construction of gender-specific policy.4. To support policymakers, social movements, NGOs and community activists in the design and development of alternative social policies.