Community power and grassroots democracy : the transformation of social life
- Title
- Community power and grassroots democracy : the transformation of social life / edited by Michael Kaufman and Haroldo Dilla Alfonso.
- Published by
- London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 1997.
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- Additional authors
- Description
- x, 230 pages; 22 cm
- Alternative title
- Community power & grassroots democracy
- Subject
- Community development > Latin America > Case studies
- Political participation > Latin America > Case studies
- Community development
- Political participation
- Social movements
- social movements
- Gemeindeentwicklung
- Bürgerbeteiligung
- Sociale bewegingen
- Sociale verandering
- Politieke participatie
- Opbouwwerk
- SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
- COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
- POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
- DEMOCRACY
- LATIN AMERICA
- CASE STUDIES
- Latin America
- Mittelamerika
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Contents
- Foreword / Rosny Smarth -- 1. Community Power, Grassroots Democracy, and the Transformation of Social Life / Michael Kaufman -- 2. Participation and Popular Democracy in the Committees for the Struggle for Housing in Costa Rica / Silvia Lara and Eugenia Molina -- 3. Participation and Development in Cuban Municipalities / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso and Gerardo Gonzalez Nunez -- 4. Popular Organizations in the Dominican Republic: The Search for Space and Identity / Cesar Perez -- 5. Popular Organizations and the Transition to Democracy in Haiti / Luc Smarth -- 6. The Hidden Politics of Neighborhood Organizations: Women and Local Participation in the Poblaciones of Chile / Veronica Schild.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.