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100 1 _aVelasco, Alejandro,
_d1978-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aBarrio rising :
_burban popular politics and the making of modern Venezuela /
_cAlejandro Velasco.
264 1 _aOakland, California :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c[2015]
264 4 _c©2015
300 _axx, 321 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-310) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : a history of place and nation -- Landscapes of opportunity -- Paths to democracy -- Streets of protest -- Conclusion : revolutionary projects.
520 _a"In the mid-1950s, in an effort to modernize Venezuela, the military government razed dozens of slums in the heart of the capital Caracas, replacing them with massive buildings to house the city's working poor. The project remained unfinished when the dictatorship fell on January 23, 1958, and in a matter of days city residents illegally occupied thousands of apartments, squatted on green spaces, and renamed the neighborhood to honor the emerging democracy: the 23 de Enero (January 23). Over the next thirty years, through eviction efforts, guerrilla conflict, state violence, internal strife, and official neglect, inhabitants of the barrio learned to use their strategic location and symbolic tie to the promise of democracy in order to demand a better life. Granting legitimacy to the state through the vote but protesting its failings with violent street actions when necessary, they laid the foundation for an expansive understanding of democracy--both radical and electoral--whose features still resonate today"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 _aPolitical participation
_zVenezuela
_zCaracas.
650 0 _aCity planning
_xPolitical aspects
_zVenezuela
_zCaracas.
650 0 _aSquatters
_xPolitical activity
_zVenezuela
_zCaracas.
651 0 _aVenezuela
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
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