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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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