Description
Book SynopsisThis book explores the ways through which many people participate in social movements in Brazil, specifically focusing on the urban poor. This research stems from the starkly high number of the urban poor participating in housing movements, aiming to improve their own living conditions in São Paulo.
Trade ReviewThis book demonstrates that the agency of the urban elderly poor does not disappear when the environment changes. They interact collectively and continuously with the changing structure. With their participation, the elderly poor become more empowered, and socially included, at the micro level. -- Maria da Glória Gohn, The University of Campinas
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Key Points of the Study Chapter 1: Previous Studies on Social Movements Chapter 2: Social Movements and Participatory Administration in Brazil Chapter 3: Mutirão: a Participatory Housing Policy of, by, and for the Urban Poor Chapter 4: Three Field Surveys on Urban Poor Participation in the Social Movements Chapter 5: The Urban Elderly Poor’s Participation in Housing Movements Chapter 6: Final Considerations
