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Demanding the Land
Paul Gandhi Joseph Dosh
其他書名
Urban Popular Movements in Peru and Ecuador, 1990-2005
出版
Penn State Press
, 2010
主題
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN
9780271037073
0271037075
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SIXBiCZdW9oC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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"Paul Dosh's study is timely. Its results may imply that significant developments, with regard to both urban-based social movements themselves and the context in which they operate, are presently under way. The author has assembled an impressive array of empirical sources, and the fact that his study is comparative---focusing on Peru as well as Ecuador---will increase its relevance for Latin America as a whole."---Gerd Schonwalder, International Development Research Centre
"Dosh is the latest in a long line of scholars who have taken an in-depth look at Lima's squatter settlements and their internal organizations. What makes Dosh's book exceptional is his comparative perspective (Quito as well as Lima) and the extraordinary detail that he has captured in his observations and interviews. Add to this his consistent efforts to tie his empirical inquiries to a variety of concerns in political science, and you have a truly significant piece of work."---Henry Dietz, University of Texas
In the latter half of the twentieth century, millions of impoverished people all over Latin America participated in illegal seizures of urban land. As many cities became saturated with squatter settlements by the 1980s, it was expected that such invasions would wane. But the increased economic vulnerability and expansion of informal labor activity brought about by neoliberal government policies spurred yet more invasions. Their goals remained the same: reliable electricity, potable water, sewer drainage, and legal title to illegally acquired land. But changes in the economic and political context required different means for achieving these goals. Social safety nets were weakened, organized labor lost power, and some urban service monopolies were privatized---and the introduction of democratic municipal elections offered new avenues to secure these much-needed services. In this careful study of ten neighborhoods in Quito, Ecuador, and Lima, Peru, Paul Dosh examines these new patterns to cast light on the reasons why some neighborhood groups succeed and survive while others do not.