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Author Bruhn, Kathleen, 1963-

Title Urban protest in Mexico and Brazil / Kathleen Bruhn
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 212 pages) : illustrations
Contents Riding the tiger : popular organizations, political parties and urban protest -- Setting the stage : research design, case selection, and methods -- The limits of loyalty -- A union born out of struggles : the Union of Municipal Public Servants of São Paulo -- Partisan loyalty and corporatist control : the Unified Union of Workers of the Government of the Federal District -- Clients or citizens? : neighborhood associations in Mexico City -- Favelas and cortiços : neighborhood organizing in São Paulo -- The dynamics of protest
Summary Analyzes how protest became a key part of organizational maintenance and how organizations use protest as a political tool
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-208) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Protest movements -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Case studies
Protest movements -- Brazil -- São Paulo -- Case studies
Municipal officials and employees -- Labor unions -- Political activity -- Latin America -- Cross-cultural studies
Citizens' associations -- Latin America -- Cross-cultural studies
Political parties -- Mexico -- Mexico City
Political parties -- Brazil -- São Paulo
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Citizens' associations.
Political parties.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
SUBJECT Mexico City (Mexico) -- Politics and government
São Paulo (Brazil) -- Politics and government
Subject Brazil -- São Paulo.
Latin America.
Mexico -- Mexico City.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Form Electronic book
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