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

该项目有助于公共政策和政治社会学领域的研究文献，试图进一步理解公共政策变化与社会运动需求之间的相互作用。虽然理论研究表明，潜在的贡献的“共同建设的政策”，实证研究一直主要是固定的社会运动对政策的可见影响。这个研究项目更进一步，通过研究社会运动实践的“翻译”到法律和政策的过程。具体而言，它试图将目前被决策者忽视但已被社会运动动员起来的基于性别的暴力的社会现实的关键方面纳入政策制定。根据这项分析，研究将阐述和提出可能的战略，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。该项目的重点是墨西哥境内暴力侵害妇女行为的主题，着眼于两个主要群体：国会决策者或立法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"Ni una mas"。初步研究将在墨西哥城进行，试图设计有两个群体成员的焦点小组，然后组织与选择继续参与的参与者进行一对一的访谈。这项研究借鉴了新兴的人权社会学领域和女权主义的性别和权力理论。本论文将研究马克思的社会再生产理论，如Federici（2004）和Bhattacharya（2013）所述，并将对最近的社会运动理论进行批判性审查，特别是从政治机会结构方法（POS）中汲取。另一个将被用来理解当前政策发展缺陷的关键概念是共建的思想。共同建设的概念被理解为民间社会参与社会政策的界定和制定。基于性别的暴力的社会现实的某些要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，决策者需要从社会运动的原则和概念的投入，增加了一个新的层面policy.In摘要，本研究的目的是调查的影响，社会运动对基于性别的暴力在墨西哥的政策制定和社会。该项目的目标是：1。通过以下方式，生成关于社会运动与政策制定之间相互依存关系的经验数据：-对当前针对性别的政策进行批判性评估，以确定其发展、社会观点和执行战略的理由。了解社会运动所采用的社会战略，原则和宣传方法及其与当前政策的关系。批判性地评估这些社会运动对社会的影响。提供一个深入的，批判性的文献综述，以调查社会再生产是否可以解释墨西哥系统性的基于性别的暴力。将经验结果发展为理论框架，以提高对共同构建有性别区分的政策的好处的理解。支持决策者、社会运动、非政府组织和社区活动家设计和制定替代性社会政策。

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.