The Illusion of Civil Society : Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income Mexico /

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"Addresses the success and failures of the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy"--Provided by p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shefner, Jon, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Unión de Colonos Independientes (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Democratization > Mexico > Guadalajara.
Civil society > Mexico > Guadalajara.
Community organization > Mexico > Guadalajara.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the streets with Mexico's democracy movement
  • From global economy to local politics
  • Cerro del Cuatro and the origins of the UCI
  • Mobilizing for basic needs
  • Electoral strategy and the diminution of popular support
  • From crisis to survival
  • Democratization and changing politics
  • Democratization, civil society, and class conflict.

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