Demanding the land
Subtitle: urban popular movements in Peru and Ecuador, 1990-2005
By: Paul Dosh ; photographs by James Lerager.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271037073
Subjects: Squatter settlements -- Latin America; Squatter settlements -- Peru -- Case studies; Squatter settlements -- Ecuador -- Case studies; Land tenure -- Latin America; Low-income housing -- Latin America; Social movements -- Latin America; Citizen participation -- Latin America
Genres: Case studies
Description: "Examines the widespread Latin American phenomenon of illegal land seizures and squatter settlement development. Explains, based on case studies in Peru and Ecuador, how invasion organizations mobilize, why they succeed or fail, and why they endure or disappear"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The strategy, success, and survival of urban popular movements; title: Metropolitan trends in land invasions: policy, democratization, geography; title: The old guard: pragmatism and strategic rigidity; title: The next generation: strategic flexibility and a sense of entitlement; title: The innovators: strategic creativity and a sense of mission; title: Analyzing organizational strategy, success, and survival; title: Conclusions: contention, political process, and mixed motives.