The illusion of civil society
Subtitle: democratization and community mobilization in low-income Mexico
By: Jon Shefner.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780271033846
Subjects: Unión de Colonos Independientes (Guadalajara, Mexico); Community organization -- Mexico -- Guadalajara; Civil society -- Mexico -- Guadalajara; Democratization -- Mexico -- Guadalajara
Description: "Addresses the success and failures of the Unión de Colonos Independientes (UCI), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the streets with Mexico's democracy movement; title: From global economy to local politics; title: Cerro del Cuatro and the origins of the UCI; title: Mobilizing for basic needs; title: Electoral strategy and the diminution of popular support; title: From crisis to survival; title: Democratization and changing politics; title: Democratization, civil society, and class conflict.