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What social factors influence political participation among the urban poor in Latin America? This paper engages conventional theories of political action pertaining to the urban poor characterized by analytical cleavages that have traditionally accounted for the majority of variation in political behavior. Using primary survey data from La Carpio slum of San José, Costa Rica, multivariate regression analyses show that differing social factors influence political participation in dissimilar ways. Because La Carpio slum respondents moderately participate in community-based organizations and civil protest, nor are they manipulated by clientism, a theory of “quiet encroachment” may serve as an alternative framework for understanding the political behavior of respondents who seek to ameliorate harsh urban realities which have not improved in spite of a move to the center-left by transitional political movements in Latin America.

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Urban poor, quiet encroachment, clientism, neighborhood associations

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Sociology Study, February 2018, Vol. 8, No. 2, 75-93

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