Popular Organization and Democracy in Rio De Janeiro

Robert Gay is Professor of Sociology at Connecticut College.

• Photographs Maps and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Politics of Urban Survival 2. Raising the Stakes: Neighborhood Politics in Vila Brasil 3. Reshaping Political Space: Neighborhood Politics in Vidigal 4. The Coming of Elections 5. Turning Our the Vote Conclusion Appendix: Methodology Notes Bibliography Index

"Robert Gay's study is well done. It provides a detailed look at two different forms of popular political organization in Brazil and how they relate to the state, local people, parties, and politicians.... Gay allows the reader to catch a glimpse of the enormous varieties of ways in which popular organizations relate politics to contemporary Brazil. There is no comparable book on Latin American politics."-Scott Mainwaring, Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame