The Housing Movement and the Urban Poor in São Paulo: Agency, Structure, and Institutionalization by Ryohei Konta (review).

The book lays out the theoretical framework, a short review of previous studies, a brief introduction to social movements and participatory administration in Brazil, three case studies, and conclusions. The rigorous theoretical and conceptual bases allow Konta to analyze people, policies, and movements in ways that favor comparison and generalization. The first case study is that of Mutirão, a participatory housing policy focused on collective auto-construction. [Extracted from the article]