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Latin America Meander: In Search of a New Civic Imagination |
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| Authors: | Teddy Cruz |
| Abstract: | Teddy Cruz reviews the shifting political landscape of the last two decades in Latin America. Breaking from US dependency, the continent has charted an alternative course as municipalities have reconnected public policy, social justice and civic imagination. In order to address inequality, new models of urban development have been produced on sites of scarcity, and city mayors and administrations have been prepared to learn from each other through best practice. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
| Keywords: | Ignácio de Lula Evo Morales unprecedented ‘illegality’ Wall Street Katrina disaster US driven sociocultural closure visionary mayors Porto Alegre Curitiba Bogotá Medellín cross-institutional collaborations ‘participatory budgets’ property titles Antanas Mockus TransMilenio project Sergio Fajardo public library parks Hugo Chavez new socialist city investment in urban pedagogy pursuit of civic culture and social justice Jamie Lerner POT the Territorial Organizing Plan Rights to the City movement San Ysidro NGO Casa Familiar |