Environmental groups in Mexico
In countries such as Mexico, where
democratic regimes violate the rights of civil society to
express their discontent and point out the failures of the
state, civil action has increasingly become more organised
and participatory. The present work constitutes an analysis
of the impact of social movements on the political process
in Mexico. It particularly looks at the Anti-nuclear Power
environmental movement, headed by a group of women called
"Madres Veracruzanas", who have strongly opposed the
establishment of the nuclear plant of "Laguna Verde", in
the State of Veracruz. The topic is particularly
interesting because it addresses different issues such as
the role of women as agents of mobilisation and social
transformation, based on a common identity as mothers. It
questions the process of democratisation through the action
of social movements that struggle to challenge the anti-
democratic political process of the state and to become an
important social and political force in
Mexico.