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Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay
Maria Jose Alvarez Rivadulla
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Description for Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay
Hardback. Series: Latin American Political Economy. Num Pages: 17 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFF; JHB; JPHF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. It focuses on the effects of democratization on the mobilization of the poorest as well as on the role played by different types of brokers, from radical Catholic priests to local leaders embedded in political networks. Through a multi-method endeavour that combines ethnography, historical sources, and quantitative time series, the author reconstructs the history of the informal city since the late 1940s to the present. From a social movements/contentious politics perspective, the book challenges the assumption that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were ... Read more
This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. It focuses on the effects of democratization on the mobilization of the poorest as well as on the role played by different types of brokers, from radical Catholic priests to local leaders embedded in political networks. Through a multi-method endeavour that combines ethnography, historical sources, and quantitative time series, the author reconstructs the history of the informal city since the late 1940s to the present. From a social movements/contentious politics perspective, the book challenges the assumption that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Condition
New
Series
Latin American Political Economy
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319545332
SKU
V9783319545332
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Ref
99-15
About Maria Jose Alvarez Rivadulla
María José Álvarez-Rivadulla is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia.
Reviews for Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay
“Using color-coded maps and figures, Álvarez demonstrates patterns associating the timing, location, type of settlement, and brokerage. … The book’s structure, with the methodological discussion and the quantitative analysis in appendixes, makes it a good fit for both undergraduate and graduate syllabi. The historical sweep and ethnographic approach make it a good read, with interesting details, such as the reason ... Read more