The Poverty of Revolution : The State and the Urban Poor in Mexico

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The plight of the urban poor in Mexico has changed little since World War II, despite the country's impressive rate of economic growth. Susan Eckstein considers how market forces and state policies that were ostensibly designed to help the poor have served to maintain their poverty. She draws o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eckstein, Susan Eva
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban poor.
Squatters.
Slums.
Housing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Mexique.
Housing > Mexico.
Squatters > Mexico.
Slums > Mexico.
Urban poor > Mexico.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The plight of the urban poor in Mexico has changed little since World War II, despite the country's impressive rate of economic growth. Susan Eckstein considers how market forces and state policies that were ostensibly designed to help the poor have served to maintain their poverty. She draws on intensive research in a center city slum, a squatter settlement, and a low-cost housing development. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished b.
Item Description:Cover; Contents.
Physical Description:1 online resource (384 pages).
ISBN:9781400853915

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