Bibliograph

Sustaining civil society, economic change, democracy, and the social construction of citizenship in Latin America, Philip Oxhorn

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Sustaining civil society, economic change, democracy, and the social construction of citizenship in Latin America, Philip Oxhorn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-271) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sustaining civil society

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

706965824

Responsibility statement

Philip Oxhorn

Sub title

economic change, democracy, and the social construction of citizenship in Latin America

Summary

"Devoting particular emphasis to Bolivia, Chile, and Mexico, proposes a theory of civil society to explain the economic and political challenges for continuing democratization in Latin America"--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Civil society and the social construction of citizenship -- Controlled inclusion and the elusive goal of citizenship as agency -- Dictatorship or democracy : the rise of neopluralism and citizenship as consumption -- Testing the limits of citizenship : Chile's democratic transition -- The failure of citizenship : Bolivia's popular participation law -- The promise of citizenship : civil society and Mexico's transition to democracy -- Latin America's democratic crossroads : the challenge of making civil society relevant

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