Access to Power : Politics and the Urban Poor in Developing Nations / Joan M. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Joan M., author.

Contributor:

Harvard University. Center for International Affairs.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Center for International Affairs, Harvard University ; 5205

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Developing countries.

Poor.

Rural-urban migration--Developing countries.

Rural-urban migration.

Political participation--Developing countries.

Political participation.

Developing countries--Politics and government.

Developing countries.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (484 pages).

Edition:

Princeton Legacy Library edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Joan Nelson elucidates the implications of this rapid growth and concomitant poverty for politics. Unlike many scholars who have sought an all-encompassing theory to explain the political behavior of the urban poor, Professor Nelson emphasizes the complex variety in the economic, social, and political circumstances that influence this behavior.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter I. The Nature and Structure of Urban Poverty in Developing Nations

Chapter II. The Rural Exodus

Chapter III. Migrants in the City

Chapter IV. The Urban Poor as a Political Class

Chapter V. Traditional Leaders, Patrons, and Urban Political Machines

Chapter VI. Ethnic Politics and the Urban Poor

Chapter VII. Special-Interest Associations among the Urban Poor

Chapter VIII. Parties and the Urban Poor

Chapter IX. Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

"Written under the auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University."

Bibliography: p. [433]-453.

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ISBN:

9780691654669

0691654662

9780691605883

0691605882

OCLC:

1016779030