Organizing through technology : a case from Costa Rica
In: Grassroots development: journal of the Inter-American Foundation, Volume 11, Issue 2, p. 12-20
ISSN: 0733-6608
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In: Grassroots development: journal of the Inter-American Foundation, Volume 11, Issue 2, p. 12-20
ISSN: 0733-6608
World Affairs Online
In: Research Papers on Land Tenure and Agrarian Reform, No. 5
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In: Policy sciences: integrating knowledge and practice to advance human dignity ; the journal of the Society of Policy Scientists, Volume 33, Issue 3, p. 435-458
ISSN: 0032-2687
In: Policy sciences: integrating knowledge and practice to advance human dignity ; the journal of the Society of Policy Scientists, Volume 33, Issue 3-4, p. 435-457
ISSN: 0032-2687
This chapter focuses on a special type of structural social capital embedded in second-tier indigenous peasant federations in the Andean countries. It first examines the manifestations of this social capital & then goes on to analyze the strategies of the various social actors for its use, mainly to further the interests of poor & oppressed members, but often in the service of broader societal or narrower partisan purposes. Cases are presented to illustrate how such a social capital resource, once created, can be used or transformed for other than the original purposes. Sometimes these spillovers are socially beneficial, confirming the mutability thesis of Hirschman (1984); but in other cases the diversions can be harmful & disempowering. The authors conclude that even considering these varied uses, mesolevel peasant federations, when incorporated into rural development policies, can help to achieve equity & sustainability. 1 Figure, 30 References. Adapted from the source document.