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The illusion of civil society : democratization and community mobilization in low-income Mexico /

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Addresses the success and failures of the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shefner, Jon, 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Unión de Colonos Independientes (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Community organization > Mexico > Guadalajara.
Civil society > Mexico > Guadalajara.
Democratization > Mexico > Guadalajara.
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Summary:Addresses the success and failures of the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy.
Physical Description:xiv, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-218) and index.
ISBN:9780271033846 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271033843 (cloth : alk. paper)