%0 Journal Article %T A mobiliza o de 12 de mar o em Portugal: movimento social ou ¡°explos o¡±?: Atores, processos e consequ¨ºncias %A Dora Fonseca %J Revista da Faculdade de Letras : Sociologia %D 2012 %I Universidade do Porto %X In the context of contemporary societies we are dealing with an intense emergence and proliferation of social mobilizations of every kind, which are a consequence of the great dissemination of the neoliberal program. Many of them are social movements, but others are not. The concept of social movement has been expanded and therefore a specific and careful analysis is needed before its application. Our aim is to evaluate the possibilities of application of Charles Tilly¡¯s social movement concept to the 12th March mobilization. This task will be based on the field work of an on-going research %U http://ler.letras.up.pt/uploads/ficheiros/10760.pdf