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New Paths to Democratic Development in Latin America : The Rise of NGO-Municipal Collaboration / ed. by Charles A. Reilly.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Joining the growing body of literature examining NGOs and social movements in Latin America, this collection reaches beyond the study of the organizations themselves to explore their complex collaborative ventures with municipal governments—efforts that offer citizens a measure of hope for meeting housing, health, education, and environmental needs through experimentation, contracting, extension, and self-provisioning. These studies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Mexico aim to advance both democracy and development by concentrating on the local "capillaries" of society, where demands, supports, and information are exchanged to keep the political organism healthy. Ultimately, assert the authors, democratization and development, like effective poverty reduction and social problem solving, must be achieved at the local level.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- List of Acronyms
- 1 Public Policy and Citizenship
- 2 State, Civil Society, and Popular Neighborhood Organizations in Buenos Aires: Key Players in Argentina's Transition to Democracy
- 3 Negotiated Interactions: NGOs and Local Government in Rosario, Argentina
- 4 Brazilian NGOs in the 1990s: A Survey
- 5 NGOs, Social Movements, and the Privatization of Health Care: Experiences in Säo Paulo
- 6 Making Cities Livable: Local Initiatives in Solid Waste and Public Transportation Management in Brazil
- 7 Chilean NGOs: Forging a Role in the Transition to Democracy
- 8 Chilean Health NGOs
- 9 Local Governments, Decentralization, and Democracy in Colombia
- 10 Mexico's Difficult Democracy: Grassroots Movements, NGOs, and Local Government
- 11 Local Power and Development Alternatives: An Urban Popular Movement in Northern Mexico
- 12 NGOs, State, and Society in Peru: Anchors of the Utopian Vision
- 13 Topocrats, Technocrats, and NGOs
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors
- About the Book and Editor
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2023)
- ISBN:
- 1-68585-495-8
- OCLC:
- 1374540336
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