Crisis urbana y movimientos sociales

"The span of this empirically focused work is actually wider than the title suggests, extending its analyses back to the 1920s. Throughout, the changing role of the State in economic life, specifically with respect to the housing sector, is related to popular needs, demands, and movements. Both empirical and analytical, the study's data range from the content of national laws to the popular collective actions taken in various districts of Panama City"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.