Urban Social Movements in the Third World Contributor(s): Schuurman, Frans (Editor), Naerssen, Ton Van (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415853257 ISBN-13: 9780415853255 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
Dewey: 307.7 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.74 lbs) 230 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This reissue, initially published in 1989, considers the upsurge of locally-based movements attempting to improve living conditions in Third-World cities throughout the 1980s. The book presents qualitative, comparative research on the dynamics and constraints of these urban social movements, in a cross-cultural framework, using case studies from a variety of Latin American, African and Asian countries. As more democratic-type regimes establish themselves in the Third World, the possibilities for collective organisations and actions increase. Urban social movements therefore are playing an increasingly important role in the habitat of the poor. |