Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay
Published on 22. June 2017
XV, 224 pages
978-3-319-54534-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book unveils the political economy of land squatting in a third world city, Montevideo, in Uruguay. It focuses on the effects of democratization on the mobilization of the poorest as well as on the role played by different types of brokers, from radical Catholic priests to local leaders embedded in political networks. Through a multi-method endeavour that combines ethnography, historical sources, and quantitative time series, the author reconstructs the history of the informal city since the late 1940s to the present. From a social movements/contentious politics perspective, the book challenges the assumption that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were the only causes triggering land squatting.
Reviews / Votes
"Using color-coded maps and figures, Álvarez demonstrates patterns associating the timing, location, type of settlement, and brokerage. . The book's structure, with the methodological discussion and the quantitative analysis in appendixes, makes it a good fit for both undergraduate and graduate syllabi. The historical sweep and ethnographic approach make it a good read, with interesting details, such as the reason Uruguayans have a unique and sarcastic word for shantytowns: cantegriles." (Benjamin Goldfrank, Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 60 (03), August, 2018)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XV, 224 p. 28 illus., 16 illus. in color.
File size
5,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-54534-9 (9783319545349)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-54534-9
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
María José Álvarez-Rivadulla
Squatters and the Politics of Marginality in Uruguay
Book
07/2017
Palgrave Macmillan
€106.99
Shipment within 10-15 days
Person
María José Álvarez-Rivadulla
is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia.
Content
1.Introduction .- 2. The Case of Montevideo .- 3. The Cycle of Land Invasions .-4. Accretion Invasions: A Story of an Unlikely Contention (1979-1990) .- 5. Planned Squatting and Politics .- 6. Politics on the Ground .- 7. Conclusion.
