Poverty and Problem-Solving Under Military Rule - 9781477307663

Poverty and Problem-Solving Under Military RuleThe Urban Poor in Lima, Peru\nAuthor(s): Henry A. Dietz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9781477307663, 978-1477307663\nSynopsis\nMany countries in Latin America have experienced both rapid urbanization and military involvement in politics. Yet few studies examine how military regimes react to the political pressures that wide-spread urban poverty creates or how the poor operate under authoritative rule. Henry Dietz investigates Lima's poor during the \""revolution\"" of General Juan Velasco [tel]. His study examines both the structural conditions promoting poverty and the individual consequences of being poor. The poor join together in several ways to resolve politicized communal needs; Dietz's data indicate that the local neighborhood plays a crucial role in determining modes of involvement. Considerable attention is given to government attempts to encou.