Urban social movements in the Third World / / edited by Frans Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.7/6/091724
• Soggetto topico: Cities and towns - Developing countries; Social movements - Developing countries; Sociology, Urban - Developing countries; Squatter settlements - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Social conditions
• Altri autori: NaerssenA. L. van SchuurmanFrans J <1948-> (Frans Johan)
• Note generali: First published in 1989 by Routledge.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 and the state; Chapter 10 Continuity and change in the urban poor movement of Manila, the Philippines; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban social movements in the Third World
• ISBN: 1-136-85685-4; 1-283-59160-X; 9786613904058; 1-136-85686-2; 0-203-83549-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792088603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Development.