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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jon Shefner |
| ISBN: | 9780271033846 0271033843 |
| OCLC Number: | 223107518 |
| Description: | xiv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | In the streets with Mexico's democracy movement -- From global economy to local politics -- Cerro del Cuatro and the origins of the UCI -- Mobilizing for basic needs -- Electoral strategy and the diminution of popular support -- From crisis to survival -- Democratization and changing politics -- Democratization, civil society, and class conflict. |
| Responsibility: | Jon Shefner. |
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Abstract:
"Addresses the success and failures of the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy"--Provided by publisher.
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- Unión de Colonos Independientes (Guadalajara, Mexico)
- Community organization -- Mexico -- Guadalajara.
- Civil society -- Mexico -- Guadalajara.
- Democratization -- Mexico -- Guadalajara.
- Armut.
- Demokratisierung.
- Politische Bewegung.
- Guadalajara (Mexiko)
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