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Widening democracy : citizens and participatory schemes in Brazil and Chile /

From democratic restoration in the 1980s up to today, most Latin American countries have been struggling constantly to find a workable balance between the need to strengthen the authority of state institutions and their citizensa (TM) aspirations to have a real say in the decision-making process. Th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Silva, Patricio, Cleuren, Herwig
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2009.
Colección:Latin America studies ; 97.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From democratic restoration in the 1980s up to today, most Latin American countries have been struggling constantly to find a workable balance between the need to strengthen the authority of state institutions and their citizensa (TM) aspirations to have a real say in the decision-making process. This book looks at the contrasting ways in which both Brazil and Chile have been dealing with societal demands for participation during the last two decades. The contributors to this volume highlight a series of historical and political factors that help to understand why Brazil has been able to intro.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 369 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-360) and index.
ISBN:9789047431893
9047431898
1282949926
9781282949928
9786612949920
6612949929
ISSN:1572-6401 ;