Community power and grassroots democracy :  the transformation of social life / 
 Community power & grassroots democracy 
edited by Michael Kaufman and Haroldo Dilla Alfonso. 
 - x, 230 pages ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Acknowledgements --  Foreword --  Community Power, Grassroots Democracy, and the Transformation of Social Life --  Participation and Popular Democracy in the Committees for the Struggle for Housing in Costa Rica --  Participation and Development in Cuban Municipalities --  Popular Organizations in the Dominican Republic: The Search for Space and Identity --  Popular Organizations and the Transition to Democracy in Haiti --  The Hidden Politics of Neighborhood Organizations: Women and Local Participation in the Poblaciones of Chile --  Differential Participation: Men, Women and Popular Power --  Political Decentralization and Popular Alternatives: A View from the South --  New Social Movement Theory and Resource Mobilization Theory: The Need for Integration --  About the Contributors --  Index.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>185649487X 9781856494878 1856494888 9781856494885 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96039524 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Community development--Latin America--Case studies<br/>Political participation--Latin America--Case studies<br/>Community development<br/>Political participation<br/>Social movements
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN110.5.Z9  / C6259 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>307.14098