De la calle al parlamento: trayectorias y repertorios de una generación de estudiantes. Chile, 2006-2017

Abstract

More than fifteen years after the transition to democracy, Chilean students staged two cycles of social mobilization, unprecedented since the national protests (1983-1986) against the authoritarian regime of A. Pinochet. This article intends to examine these cycles with special attention to the generational issue, and its implications in the consolidation of a social movement that will have a huge impact on both the national public agenda and the political life of the country. It will also try to analyze the repertoire of the collective action of this heterogeneous movement, revealing its strategic adaptability and its internal divisions. Finally, this article pays attention to the phenomena of reconversion of some student leaders to institutional politics.