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This book is an attempt to integrate research on Latin American social organization within a single theoretical framework: development as fundamentally a political problem.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Economy and Ecology of Urban Poverty
  • 3. The Politics of Urban Poverty
  • 4. Elites and the Politics of Urban Development: A Comparative Study of Four Cities
  • 5. Structures of Power in Latin American Cities: Toward a Summary and Interpretation
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Urban Latin America

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    A Paperback / softback by Alejandro Portes, John Walton

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/03/1976
      ISBN13: 9780292729612, 978-0292729612
      ISBN10: 0292729618
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is an attempt to integrate research on Latin American social organization within a single theoretical framework: development as fundamentally a political problem.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. Introduction
      • 2. The Economy and Ecology of Urban Poverty
      • 3. The Politics of Urban Poverty
      • 4. Elites and the Politics of Urban Development: A Comparative Study of Four Cities
      • 5. Structures of Power in Latin American Cities: Toward a Summary and Interpretation
      • 6. Conclusion
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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