Community power and grassroots democracy: the transformation of social life
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Veröffentlicht: London Zed Books 1997
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Community power, grassroots democracy, and the transformation of social life / Michael Kaufman -- Participation and popular democracy in the committees for the struggle for housing in Costa Rica / Silvia Lara and Eugenia Molina -- Participation and development in Cuban municipalities / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso with Gerardo Gonzalez Nunez -- Popular organizations in the Dominican Republic: the search for space and identity / Cesar Perez -- Popular organizations and the transition to democracy in Haiti / Luc Smarth -- The hidden politics of neighborhood organizations: women and local participation in the poblaciones of Chile / Veronica Schild -- Differential participation: men, women and popular power / Michael Kaufman -- Political decentralization and popular alternatives: a view from the South / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso -- New social movement theory and resource mobilization theory: the need for integration / Eduardo Canel
Effective community participation can lead to social and personal empowerment, economic development, and sociopolitical transformation. But there are obstacles: the power of central bureaucracies, the lack of local skills and organizational experience, social divisions, and the impact of national and transnational structures. Community Power and Grassroots Democracy is a groundbreaking and insighful book that examines a collection of community initiatives from Latin America. The strengths and weaknesses, limits and potential of these initiatives are analyzed, and the new "social-movements" approach is skilfully married with resource-mobilization theory to produce a more inclusive development model. Community Power and Grassroots Democracy is an insightful book that adeptly combines theoretical sophistication with first-hand, "on-the-job" experience. It will interest researchers, scholars, students, and activists in the areas of development studies, political science, community participation, and human rights
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