Year: 2017
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: In this chapter, Strønen focuses on the interface between popular politics and state politics through exploring the role of the so-called promotores integrales . These are lower-level public officials whose role is to provide support and guidance to the communal councils. Strønen argues that the promotores integrales occupied a hybrid position as neither fully representatives of the state nor fully representatives of the community. Drawing on detailed ethnographic explorations, this chapter shows how the communal councils developed through the ethos of “either we invent or we err,” and how popular sector knowledges and socialities were given emphasis both by the state and by the popular sector activists. This chapter also explores how hierarchies of power were negotiated between popular sector activists and state officials. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Source: Springer eBooks
Author: Iselin Åsedotter Strønen
Institutions: Chr. Michelsen Institute, University of Bergen
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2750983650