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Barrio Democracy in Latin America:

Participatory Decentralization and Community Activism in Montevideo
  • ISBN-13: 9780271037332
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Eduardo Canel
  • Price: AUD $64.99
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  • Local release date: 02/11/2010
  • Format: Paperback 264 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cultural studies [JFC]
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Reconstructs the experience of participatory urban governance in three impoverished communities in Montevideo, Uruguay. Offers an account of various experiences and explains successes and failures in reference to the distinct traditions and resources found in each community.


Contents

List of Maps

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Peñarol: Participatory Decentralization in an “Easygoing” Former Railway Town

Chapter 2. El Cerro: Participatory Decentralization Among Former Militant Meatpackers and Recent Squatters

Chapter 3. La Teja: Participatory Decentralization Where Radical Politics Mix with Soccer and Carnival

Conclusions

References

Index


“In addition to contributing to the understanding of local democratization, Canel provides a compelling window into the dynamics of deindustrialization that has relevance for Latin America as a whole.”

—C. H. Blake, Choice

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