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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779052503321

Autore

Oxhorn Philip

Titolo

Sustaining civil society : economic change, democracy, and the social construction of citizenship in Latin America / / Philip Oxhorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-271-05500-6

0-271-05661-4

0-271-05608-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

300.98

Soggetti

Citizenship - Latin America

Civil society - Latin America

Democratization - Economic aspects - Latin America

Latin America Politics and government 1980-

Bolivia Politics and government 2006-

Chile Politics and government 1988-

Mexico Politics and government 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Civil society and the social construction of citizenship -- Controlled inclusion and the elusive goal of citizenship as agency -- Dictatorship or democracy : the rise of neopluralism and citizenship as consumption -- Testing the limits of citizenship : Chile's democratic transition -- The failure of citizenship : Bolivia's popular participation law -- The promise of citizenship : civil society and Mexico's transition to democracy -- Latin America's democratic crossroads : the challenge of making civil society relevant.

Sommario/riassunto

"Devoting particular emphasis to Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico, proposes a theory of civil society to explain the economic and political challenges for continuing democratization in Latin America"--Provided by publisher.