Linking Civil Society and the State: Urban Popular Movements, the Left, and Local Government in Peru, 1980-1992

by Gerd Schonwalder and Gerd Schönwälder

With the role of local government becoming more important as Latin American countries moved away from state-led development models in the 1980s, and with social movements helping to bring about the transition to democracy, questions arose about whether and how popular participation at the local level might be able to contribute to the consolidation of democracy from the grassroots upward. This book, based on extensive research in low-income districts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271025344
• ISBN13: 9780271025346
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"