Shantytown protest in Pinochet's Chile
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Shantytown protest in Pinochet's Chile
Temple University Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9781566393058
Description
In 1973, armed forces launched a violent attack against the Chilean presidential palace and Santiago's slums and shantytowns. For ten years, only the Catholic Church was able to defy the military regime. Then, in 1983, students, workers, and shantytown residents stormed the streets demanding the resignation of Augusto Pinochet. The protests raged for three years and, in 1989, democratic elections were held. The following year a new civilian government took office. Cathy Lisa Schneider examines this democratic transition from the bottom up, looking at the struggles of poor people to create and sustain organized resistance, to risk their lives to fight tyranny. Both an oral history based on over a hundred interviews collected in shantytowns and a comparative sociological study that explores political differences among different shantytowns in Santiago, this book analyzes the context in which the urban poor make choices about their lives, and the political histories that shape their vision. Author note: Cathy Lisa Schneider is Assistant Professor at the School for International Studies at American University.
Table of Contents
Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. The Making of the Chilean Left 3. Repression and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule 4. The Roots of Resistance 5. The Protests in the Poblaciones 6. The Transition to Democracy Bibliography Index
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: pbk ISBN 9781566393065
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A study of Chile's shantytown resistance testifies to the power of popular struggles
Table of Contents
Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Acronyms 1. Introduction 2. The Making of the Chilean Left 3. Repression and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule 4. The Roots of Resistance 5. The Protests in the Poblaciones 6. The Transition to Democracy Bibliography Index
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