Poverty and Democracy: Self-help and Political Participation in Third World Cities.(Book Review)

Poverty and Democracy: Self-help and Political Participation in Third World Cities. Edited by Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Norbert Kersting. London: Zed Books, 2003. Pp.xiii + 237. 50 [pounds sterling] and 16.95 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 1 84277 204 X and 205 8

This book represents the outcome of four linked research projects undertaken by doctoral students (Barbara Happe, Claus-Dieter Konig, Sylvia Schmitt and Jaime Sperberg) between 1995 and 1998, and supervised by the editors. Each study was published in German between 1998 and 2001. Their research analysed how recent political changes had affected the living conditions, perceptions and expectations of the residents of ...

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