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On the Move : The Politics of Social Change in Latin America /
Will social change in Latin America lead to a kinder, gentler form of globalization or a model that offers a radical rethinking of how we produce and distribute wealth? What are the effects on social movements and their ability to push for change when progressive governments are elected? Does democr...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Peterborough, Ont. :
Broadview Press,
2007.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1: NEO-LIBERALISM AND US IMPERIALISM
- Neo-liberalism in Theory and Practice
- Neo-liberal Policy and Politics: Socio-economic Impacts and Political Responses
- The Economics and Politics of US Imperialism
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 2: A NEW PARADIGM?
- Structural Adjustment with a Human Face: The Appeal to Social Liberalism
- The War against Poverty and the New Social Policy
- The Search for Alternative Development: A New Paradigm?
- The Neo-structuralist Pivot of Alternative Development
- International Co-operation for Development and the NGO: Civil Society to the Rescue?Conclusion
- CHAPTER 3: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
- The Local and the Social in the New Paradigm
- Making Democracy Work: Putnam on Social Capital
- Social Capital and Its Critics: Unrealistic Expectations or Political Demobilization?
- Social Capital, Poverty, and Development
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 4: PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Setting the Stage for Participatory Development: From the Old to the New Republic
- Decentralization and Local DevelopmentDecentralization in Practice: Municipalizing Development
- Porto Alegre: A Model of Participatory Development?
- Transforming Local Governance: The Challenge of Local Power
- The Workers' Party in Porto Alegre: The Participatory Budget Process
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 5: THE DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION
- Neo-liberalism and the Offensive against Labour
- Capitalist Development and the Search for Alternatives
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 6: RURAL STRUGGLES AND THE LAND QUESTION
- Landlessness and Rural Poverty: The Peasantry and the StateThree Paths to Reform
- Social Movements in Latin America�Old and New
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 7: FROM THE BARRICADES TO THE BALLOT BOX
- Social Movements on the Rise
- NGOs and Participatory Development: Solidarity from Below
- New Class Movements in the Countryside
- Conclusion
- CHAPTER 8: MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND CITIES
- The Road to State Power: Electoral Politics or Mass Mobilization?
- The Dynamics of Social Mobilization and Electoral Politics
- The Development Path to Change
- ConclusionGLOSSARY
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