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Immigration And Integration Religious And Political Activism For/With Immigrants In Los Angeles, Clara Irazabal
Immigration And Integration Religious And Political Activism For/With Immigrants In Los Angeles, Clara Irazabal
Clara Irazabal
Although the role of religion in the lives of immigrants has recently been a subject of interest by scholars, there has not been much focus on the importance of the religio-political activism of faith-based and community organizations in favour of immigrants. This article focuses on a religious congregation, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, and a community-organizing network, the Salvadoran American National Association, to demonstrate how religion is actively promoting and aiding political engagement on behalf of and with immigrants in Los Angeles, with a particular, although not exclusive, focus on immigrants of Latino origin, who comprise the lion’s share of immigrants in …
Reflections On The Venezuelan Transition From A Capitalist Representative To A Socialist Participatory Democracy: What Are Planners To Do?, Clara Irazabal
Reflections On The Venezuelan Transition From A Capitalist Representative To A Socialist Participatory Democracy: What Are Planners To Do?, Clara Irazabal
Clara Irazabal
Venezuela is experiencing a transitional political process in which the government and the majority of Venezuelans want to move from a capitalist representative democracy to a more socialist participatory democracy. This transition is enmeshed in complexities, contradictions, and political opposition. Reflection on the experience of accompanying neighborhood groups in local decision making in Caracas from 2002 to 2006 suggests that planning practitioners and scholars can be allies in the grassroots processes of empowerment and self-determination of local communities and advocates and active agents in the "trickling-up" of greater planning participation to upper levels of government.