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Record Nr.

UNINA9910567780103321

Autore

Massol González Alexis

Titolo

Casa pueblo : a Puerto Rican model of self-governance / / Alexis Massol González ; translated by Ashwin Ravikumar, Translator and Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, Massachusetts  : , : Lever Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781643150291

1643150294

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages)

Classificazione

HIS054000SOC000000SOC008050

Disciplina

307.14

Soggetti

Sustainable development - Puerto Rico - Adjuntas - Citizen participation

Non-governmental organizations - Puerto Rico

Community development - Environmental aspects - Puerto Rico - Adjuntas

Community development - Puerto Rico

Economic development - Environmental aspects - Puerto Rico - Adjuntas

Adjuntas (P.R.) Economic conditions 21st century

Adjuntas (P.R.) Social conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from eBook information screen..

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206)

Sommario/riassunto

As a community-based organization in the mountains of south-central Puerto Rico, Casa Pueblo implements alternatives to extractive capitalism that do not rely on governments or distant non-profits. In this book, Alexis Massol González, Casa Pueblo's founder, reflects on its extraordinary forty-year history of experiments with community self-governance. Massol-González received the prestigious Goldman Prize (popularly known as the Green Nobel) for the organization's initiatives to protect the environment, affirm cultural and human values, and create sustainable economic alternatives. This collective translation was undertaken in the spirit of the organization and offers a



chronological account of Casa Pueblo's evolution from a small group of concerned citizens to an internationally recognized model for activism.