Reorganizing popular politics : participation and the new interest regime in Latin America / edited by Ruth Berins Collier and Samuel Handlin. - University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2009. - x, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-382) and index.

Popular representation in the interest arena / Situating the analysis : analytic approach, cases, and historical context / Logics of collective action, state linkages, and aggregate traits : the UP-Hub versus the A-Net / Direct action and associational participation : problem-solving repertoires of individuals / Political participation and representational distortion : the nexus between associationalism and partisan politics / Targeting state and society : strategic repertoires of associations / Three forms of scaling : embeddedness, nodal NGOs, and flexible fronts / Associational linkages to labor unions and political parties / General patterns and emergent differences / Ruth Berins Collier and Samuel Handlin -- Ruth Berins Collier and Samuel Handlin -- Ruth Berins Collier and Samuel Handlin -- Thad Dunning -- Jason Seawright -- Diana Kapiszewski -- Samuel Handlin and Diana Kapiszewski -- Candelaria Garay -- Samuel Handlin and Ruth Berins Collier. Introduction:

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Working class--Political activity--Latin America.
Social movements--Latin America.
Pressure groups--Latin America.
Political participation--Latin America.
Participación política--América Latina.
América Latina--Política y gobierno
Clase política--América Latina.

JL 966 / R424 2009

320.98