Urban protest in Mexico and Brazil /

Analyzes how protest became a key part of organizational maintenance and how organizations use protest as a political tool.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bruhn, Kathleen, 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
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.
Contestation > Mexique > Mexico > Études de cas.
Contestation > Brésil > São Paulo > Études de cas.
Fonctionnaires municipaux > Syndicats > Activité politique > Amérique latine > Études transculturelles.
Comités de citoyens > Amérique latine > Études transculturelles.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Citizens' associations.
Political parties.
Politics and government.
Protest movements.
Mexico City (Mexico) > Politics and government.
São Paulo (Brazil) > Politics and government.
Brazil > São Paulo.
Latin America.
Mexico > Mexico City.
Case studies.
Cross-cultural studies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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