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LEADER: 01622nam a22002898a 4500
001 2008016408
003 DLC
005 20080411123356.0
008 080409s2008 pau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008016408
020 $a9780271033846 (cloth : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-mx---
050 00 $aHN120.G8$bS48 2008
082 00 $a320.972/35$222
100 1 $aShefner, Jon,$d1958-
245 14 $aThe illusion of civil society :$bdemocratization and community mobilization in low-income Mexico /$cJon Shefner.
260 $aUniversity Park, Pa. :$bPennsylvania State University Press,$c2008.
263 $a0811
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIn the streets with Mexico's democracy movement -- From global economy to local politics -- Cerro del Cuatro and the origins of the UCI -- Mobilizing for basic needs -- Electoral strategy and the diminution of popular support -- From crisis to survival -- Democratization and changing politics -- Democratization, civil society, and class conflict.
520 $a"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.
610 20 $aUnión de Colonos Independientes (Guadalajara, Mexico)
650 0 $aCommunity organization$zMexico$zGuadalajara.
650 0 $aCivil society$zMexico$zGuadalajara.
650 0 $aDemocratization$zMexico$zGuadalajara.