| Description |
x, 230 pages |
| Contents |
Contents: Foreword / Rosny Smarth -- 1. Community Power, Grassroots Democracy, and the Transformation of Social Life / Michael Kaufman -- 2. Participation and Popular Democracy in the Committees for the Struggle for Housing in Costa Rica / Silvia Lara and Eugenia Molina -- 3. Participation and Development in Cuban Municipalities / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso and Gerardo Gonzalez Nunez -- 4. Popular Organizations in the Dominican Republic: The Search for Space and Identity / Cesar Perez -- 5. Popular Organizations and the Transition to Democracy in Haiti / Luc Smarth -- 6. The Hidden Politics of Neighborhood Organizations: Women and Local Participation in the Poblaciones of Chile / Veronica Schild -- 7. Differential Participation: Men, Women and Popular Power / Michael Kaufman -- 8. Political Decentralization and Popular Alternatives: A View from the South / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso -- 9. New Social Movement Theory and Resource Mobilization Theory: The Need for Integration / Eduardo Canel |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community development -- Latin America -- Case studies.
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Community development.
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Political participation -- Latin America -- Case studies.
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Political participation.
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Social movements.
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| Author |
Dilla Alfonso, Haroldo.
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Kaufman, Michael, 1951-
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International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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| LC no. |
96039524 |
| ISBN |
185649487X |
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1856494888 (paperback) |
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