Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-208) and index.
Riding the tiger : popular organizations, political parties and urban protest -- Setting the stage : research design, case selection, and methods -- The limits of loyalty -- A union born out of struggles : the Union of Municipal Public Servants of São Paulo -- Partisan loyalty and corporatist control : the Unified Union of Workers of the Government of the Federal District -- Clients or citizens? : neighborhood associations in Mexico City -- Favelas and cortiços : neighborhood organizing in São Paulo -- The dynamics of protest.
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Analyzes how protest became a key part of organizational maintenance and how organizations use protest as a political tool.
Urban protest in Mexico and Brazil.
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Citizens' associations-- Latin America, Cross-cultural studies.
Municipal officials and employees-- Labor unions-- Political activity-- Latin America, Cross-cultural studies.
Political parties-- Brazil-- São Paulo.
Political parties-- Mexico-- Mexico City.
Protest movements-- Brazil-- São Paulo, Case studies.
Protest movements-- Mexico-- Mexico City, Case studies.