Research Catalog

Title

Community power and grassroots democracy : the transformation of social life / edited by Michael Kaufman and Haroldo Dilla Alfonso.

Publication

London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kaufman, Michael, 1951-
• Dilla Alfonso, Haroldo.

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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN

• 185649487X
• 9781856494878
• 1856494888
• 9781856494885
• 0889367841
• 9780889367845

LCCN

• 96039524
• ZBWT00744298

OCLC

• ocm35865407
• 35865407
• SCSB-8975990

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library