Etiqueta: Juan Manuel Ramirez Saiz

Compares and discusses in detail internal dynamics of two social movements. One is a group of families soliciting housing funds from the Fondo Nacional de la Habitación Popular in Guadalajara, and the other is a Catholic Church-based organization whose members dwellings were destroyed by the 1985 earthquake in Ciudad Guzmán –Handbook of Latin American Studies, […]

Scholarly work examines an urban social movement in Guadalajaras shantytowns. Analyzes organizational characteristics of the movement, political behavior of leaders and membership, interactions with political parties and civil authorities at the municipal level, and accomplishments and failures. Provides insightful understanding of political parties position regarding urban problems and the municipal electoral context –Handbook of Latin […]

El movimiento urbano popular es un actor social que cobra cada vez mayor dimensión e importancia. Aquí se estudian los casos de cuatro organizaciones nacidas en diferentes puntos del país: el Consejo General de Colonias Populares de Acapulco (cgcpa), el Comité de Defensa Popular (cdp) de Durango, la Unión de Colonias Populares del Valle de […]