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Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile (Paperback)
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Short Description for Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's ChileIn 1973, armed forces launched an attack against the Chilean presidential palace and Santiago's slums. This is a sociological study that explores political differences among different shantytowns in Santiago. It analyzes the context in which the urban poor make choices about their lives, and the political histories that shape their vision.
Full description- Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
- Published: 02 May 1995
- Format: Paperback 296 pages
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- Categories: Poverty & Unemployment | Social Groups | Political Structures: Democracy | Central Government Policies | History Of The Americas | Oral History
- ISBN 13: 9781566393065 ISBN 10: 156639306X
Full description for Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile
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.
