Community power and grassroots democracy : the transformation of social life /

Effective community participation can lead to social and personal empowerment, economic development, and sociopolitical transformation. But there are obstacles: the power of central bureaucracies, the lack of local skills and organizational experience, social divisions, and the impact of national an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Kaufman, Michael, 1951-, Dilla Alfonso, Haroldo
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Ottawa : Zed Books ; International Development Research Centre, 1997.
Subjects:
Community development > Latin America > Case studies.
Political participation > Latin America > Case studies.
Community development.
Political participation.
Social movements.
Participation politique > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Participation politique.
Mouvements sociaux.
Développement communautaire > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Développement communautaire.
social movements.
community development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Community development
Political participation
Social movements
Gemeindeentwicklung
Bürgerbeteiligung
Sociale bewegingen.
Sociale verandering.
Politieke participatie.
Opbouwwerk.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION.
DEMOCRACY.
LATIN AMERICA.
CASE STUDIES.
Latin America
Mittelamerika
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Community power, grassroots democracy, and the transformation of social life / Michael Kaufman
  • Participation and popular democracy in the committees for the struggle for housing in Costa Rica / Silvia Lara and Eugenia Molina
  • Participation and development in Cuban municipalities / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso with Gerardo Gonzalez Nunez
  • Popular organizations in the Dominican Republic: the search for space and identity / Cesar Perez
  • Popular organizations and the transition to democracy in Haiti / Luc Smarth
  • The hidden politics of neighborhood organizations: women and local participation in the poblaciones of Chile / Veronica Schild
  • Differential participation: men, women and popular power / Michael Kaufman
  • Political decentralization and popular alternatives: a view from the South / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso
  • New social movement theory and resource mobilization theory: the need for integration / Eduardo Canel.

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