Housing Movement and the Urban Poor in Sao Paulo - Agency, Structure, and Institutionalization

This 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.

List of contents

Introduction: 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

About the author

By Ryohei Konta

Product details

• Authors: Ryohei Konta
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781793618689
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-868-9
• No. of pages: 116
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; South America, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Agency, Brazil, Brazilian housing, housing movement, Institutionalism, Latin American Studies, social movements, Structure, the elderly poor, the urban poor, History of the Americas, Urban communities, Urban communities / city life