Urban Social Movements in the Third World.

This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban social movements, in a cr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schuurman, Frans
Otros Autores: Naerssen, Ton Van
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Temas:
Cities and towns > Developing countries.
Social movements > Developing countries.
Sociology, Urban > Developing countries.
Squatter settlements > Developing countries.
Cities and towns
Social conditions
Social movements
Sociology, Urban
Squatter settlements
Developing countries > Social conditions.
Developing countries
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban social movements, in a cross-cultural framework, using case studies from a variety of Latin American, African and Asian countries. As more democratic-type regimes establish themselves in the Third World, the possibilities for collective organisations and actions increase. Urban social movements therefore are playing an incre.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (235 pages)
ISBN:9780203835494
0203835492

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