Spanish Abstract: La falta de proactividad política a favor de unas reformas estructurales urgentes que nuestra joven pero agotada democracia requiere actualmente no significa que la sociedad civil no las desee o anhele. Significa, fundamentalmente, que el carácter disfuncional de la acción...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of urban social movements in addressing urban poverty, particularly the poverty experienced by the chronic (or long-term) poor in Southern towns and cities. After a Summary and Introduction, the substantive discussion begins in Section Two...

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Foreword by Johan Galtung; Preface; Introduction: nonviolent political economy: a research and teaching agenda; PART I: A critique of conventional and violent...

Plebeian Power is a series of essays by Álvaro García Linera, making available to English readers the Bolivian vice-president's evolving analysis of the nature of the state, class and indigenous identity