New paths to democratic development in Latin America
Subtitle: the rise of NGO-municipal collaboration
By: edited by Charles A. Reilly.
Contributors: Reilly, Charles A.
Publisher: Rienner
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Urban policy -- Latin America.; Non-governmental organizations -- Latin America.; Community development -- Latin America.; Municipal government -- Latin America.; Municipal services -- Latin America.
Description: "Comparative case-study approach to the relationship between municipal-NGO (nongovernmental development organizations) joint ventures and democratization and development in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru in the early 1990s. Authors analyze collaborative ventures among municipal governments, social movements, and NGOs dealing with housing, health care, waste disposal, urban environmental protection, and education. The case studies illustrate how grassroots collective action can stimulate important change in service delivery systems as the size of the State shrinks and privatization efforts expand. The authors hypothesize that democratization and sustainable development will depend on binding the organizations of civil society to one another, and ultimately to the municipal governments. Greater public-private collaboration may be a critical variable for achieving democratic development, but the path is likely to be a rocky one if past efforts have any bearing on the future"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-302) and index.