The Illusion of Civil Society: Democratization and Community Mobilization in Low-Income Mexico

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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Shefner, Jon, 1958– The illusion of civil society : democratization and community mobilization in low-income Mexico / Jon Shefner. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “Addresses the success and failures of the Unión de Colonos Independientes (uci), a community organization in Guadalajara, Mexico. Critiques the civil society concept and questions the strategy of political democratization as a way to assert control over the global economy”—Provided by publisher. isbn 978-0-271-03384-6 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Unión de Colonos Independientes (Guadalajara, Mexico). 2. Community organization—Mexico—Guadalajara. 3. Civil society—Mexico—Guadalajara. 4. Democratization—Mexico—Guadalajara. I. Title. HN120.G8S48 2008 320.972'35—dc22 2008016408 Copyright © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press University Park, PA 16802-1003 The Pennsylvania State University Press is a member of the Association of American University Presses. It is the policy of The Pennsylvania State University Press to use acid-free paper. This book is printed on Natures Natural, containing 50% post-consumer waste, and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Material, ansi Z39.48–1992. this book is dedicated to the uci, for all they taught me. And to Karen, for everything. ...