Poverty and democracy: self - help and political participation in third world cities
Poverty and democracy: self - help and political participation in third world cities
- London Zed Books 2003
- xiii, 237 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book addresses problems of poverty and democratization, and their possible interactions. Its focus lies on marginalized populations within large cities of HThird WorldH countries, where these problems have become most crystallized in a spatial sense. Based on field research from Brazil, Chile, Ivory Coast, and Kenya, the book focuses on the national and local contexts and the concrete forms of social structure, interest organization, political culture, and political participation in these cities, countries, and continents. (http://us.macmillan.com/povertyanddemocracy/DirkBergSchlosser)
9781842772058
Urban poor - Developing countries - Case studies
UUrban poor - Developing countries - Political activity - Case studies;
Democratization - Developing countries - Case studies;
Social movements - Developing countries - Case studies
321.8091732 / P6
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book addresses problems of poverty and democratization, and their possible interactions. Its focus lies on marginalized populations within large cities of HThird WorldH countries, where these problems have become most crystallized in a spatial sense. Based on field research from Brazil, Chile, Ivory Coast, and Kenya, the book focuses on the national and local contexts and the concrete forms of social structure, interest organization, political culture, and political participation in these cities, countries, and continents. (http://us.macmillan.com/povertyanddemocracy/DirkBergSchlosser)
9781842772058
Urban poor - Developing countries - Case studies
UUrban poor - Developing countries - Political activity - Case studies;
Democratization - Developing countries - Case studies;
Social movements - Developing countries - Case studies
321.8091732 / P6