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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston [Mass.] :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Latin America studies ;
97. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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. |
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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 ; |