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The illusion of civil society : democratization and community mobilization in low-income Mexico / Jon Shefner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shefner, Jon, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Unión de Colonos Independientes (Guadalajara, Mexico).
- Community organization--Mexico--Guadalajara.
- Community organization.
- Civil society--Mexico--Guadalajara.
- Civil society.
- Democratization--Mexico--Guadalajara.
- Democratization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Addresses the success and failures of the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- In the streets with Mexico's democracy movement
- From global economy to local politics
- Cerro del Cuatro and the origins of the UCI
- Mobilizing for basic needs
- Electoral strategy and the diminution of popular support
- From crisis to survival
- Democratization and changing politics
- Democratization, civil society, and class conflict.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-218) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780271053332
- 027105333X
- 9780271054964
- 0271054964
- 9780271056135
- 0271056134
- 9780271035994
- 0271035994
- OCLC:
- 435675823
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