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UNINA9910792088603321 |
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Titolo |
Urban social movements in the Third World / / edited by Frans Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-85685-4 |
1-283-59160-X |
9786613904058 |
1-136-85686-2 |
0-203-83549-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NaerssenA. L. van |
SchuurmanFrans J <1948-> (Frans Johan) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cities and towns - Developing countries |
Social movements - Developing countries |
Sociology, Urban - Developing countries |
Squatter settlements - Developing countries |
Developing countries Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1989 by Routledge. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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URBAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE THIRD WORLD; Copyright; Urban Social Movements in the Third World; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Urban social movements: between regressive Utopia and socialist panacea; Chapter 2 Collective organization and action in squatter settlements in Arequipa, Peru; Chapter 3 Neighborhood associations in Buenos Aires: contradictions within contradictions; Chapter 4 Clientelism, competition and poverty: the ineffectiveness of local organizations in a Madras slum |
Chapter 5 The limits of territorial social movements: the case of housing in KarachiChapter 6 Crossroads: the rise and fall of a squatter movement in Cape Town, South Africa; Chapter 7 Between Utopia and strategy: a case study of a Brazilian urban social movement; Chapter 8 Power and independence: the struggle for identity and integrity in urban social movements; Chapter 9 The Chilean squatter movement |
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and the state; Chapter 10 Continuity and change in the urban poor movement of Manila, the Philippines; Subject index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban social movements, in a cross-cultural framework, using case studies from a variety of Latin American, African and Asian countries.As more democratic-type regimes establish themselves in the Third World, the possibilities for collective organisations and actions increase. Urban social movements therefore are |
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