Bootstrapping democracy : transforming local governance and civil society in Brazil /

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Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. This book investigates participatory budgeting--a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs--to ask whe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Baiocchi, Gianpaolo, 1971-, Heller, Patrick (Autor), Silva, Marcelo Kunrath (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011, ©2011.
Temas:
Municipal government > Brazil > Citizen participation.
Municipal budgets > Brazil > Citizen participation.
Political participation > Brazil.
Democracy > Brazil.
Civil society > Brazil.
Budgets municipaux > Brésil > Participation des citoyens.
Participation politique > Brésil.
Société civile > Brésil.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Local.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > State & Provincial.
Civil society
Democracy
Municipal budgets > Citizen participation
Municipal government > Citizen participation
Political participation
Brazil
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : evaluating participatory democracy
  • Society and the local state : toward a relational framework
  • The emergence of local democracy in Brazil
  • Assessing the impact of participatory budgeting
  • Representation by design
  • Making space for civil society
  • Conclusion : bootstrapping participatory democracy.

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