Sustaining civil society
Subtitle: economic change, democracy, and the social construction of citizenship in Latin America
By: Philip Oxhorn
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, PA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271048949
Subjects: Democratization; Politics and government; Civil society; Citizenship
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Society and the social construction of citizenship; title: Controlled inclusion and the elusive goal of citizenship as agency; title: Dictatorship or democracy : the rise of neopluralism and citizenship as consumption; title: Testing the limits of citizenship : Chile's democratic transition; title: The failure of citizenship : Bolivia's popular participation law; title: The promise of citizenship : civil society and Mexico's transition to democracy; title: Latin America's democratic crossroads  : the challenge of making civil society relevant.