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

LIBRA JL967.A2 O94 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Oxhorn, Philip.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Citizenship--Latin America.
Citizenship.
Democratization--Economic aspects.
Democratization.
Latin America.
Civil society--Latin America.
Civil society.
Democratization--Economic aspects--Latin America.
Latin America--Politics and government--1980-.
Politics and government.
Bolivia--Politics and government--2006-.
Bolivia.
Chile--Politics and government--1988-.
Chile.
Mexico--Politics and government--2000-.
Mexico.
Physical Description:
xii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2011]
Summary:
"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.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-271) and index.
ISBN:
9780271048949
0271048948
OCLC:
706965824

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