A jumble of needs : women's activism and neoliberalism in the colonias of the Southwest /

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Many immigrant communities along the U.S. border with Mexico are colonias, border settlements lacking infrastructure or safe housing. A Jumble of Needs examines the leadership of Mexican women immigrants in three colonias in New Mexico, documenting the role of NGOs in shaping women's activism i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dolhinow, Rebecca
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Women in community organization > New Mexico > Case studies.
Community leadership > New Mexico > Case studies.
Women civic leaders > New Mexico > Case studies.
Working poor > Housing > New Mexico > Case studies.
Mexicans > New Mexico > Social conditions > Case studies.
Slums > Social aspects > New Mexico > Case studies.
Neoliberalism > New Mexico > Case studies.
Femmes dans l'organisation communautaire > Nouveau-Mexique > Études de cas.
Leadership communautaire > Nouveau-Mexique > Études de cas.
Femmes leaders > Nouveau-Mexique > Études de cas.
Travailleurs pauvres > Logement > Nouveau-Mexique > Études de cas.
Mexicains > Nouveau-Mexique > Conditions sociales > Études de cas.
Néo-libéralisme > Nouveau-Mexique > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
Community leadership
Mexicans > Social conditions
Neoliberalism
Slums > Social aspects
Women civic leaders
Women in community organization
New Mexico
Case studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The production of colonias as neoliberal spaces
  • The production of women as neoliberal leaders
  • Empowerment and politicization in the colonias
  • The place of NGOs in daily life.

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