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1 online resource (x, 230 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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| Summary |
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 and transnational structures. Community Power and Grassroots Democracy is a groundbreaking and insighful book that examines a collection of community initiatives from Latin America. The strengths and weaknesses, limits and potential of these initiatives are analyzed, and the new "social-movements" approach is skilfully married with resource-mobilization theory to produce a more inclusive development model. Community Power and Grassroots Democracy is an insightful book that adeptly combines theoretical sophistication with first-hand, "on-the-job" experience. It will interest researchers, scholars, students, and activists in the areas of development studies, political science, community participation, and human rights. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Community development -- Latin America -- Case studies.
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Community development. |
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Latin America. |
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Case studies.
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Political participation -- Latin America -- Case studies.
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Political participation. |
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Community development.
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Political participation.
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Social movements.
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Social movements. |
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Electronic books.
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Social movements. |
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Case studies.
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Kaufman, Michael, 1951-
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Dilla Alfonso, Haroldo.
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| Cover Title |
Community power & grassroots democracy |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Community power and grassroots democracy. London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 1997 185649487X 1856494888 (DLC) 96039524 (OCoLC)35865407 |
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155250137X (electronic book) |
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9781552501375 (electronic book) |
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185649487X |
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9781856494878 |
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1856494888 (paperback) |
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9781856494885 (paperback) |
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0889367841 (Canada) |
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9780889367845 (Canada) |
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