Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America : Participation, Decentralization, and the Left /

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"Addresses the question of why institutions meant to attract citizen participation succeed in strengthening civil society and improving state responsiveness and transparency in some places, but fail in others. Focuses on urban politics in Porto Alegre (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Caracas...

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Main Author: Goldfrank, Benjamin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Administration municipale > Amerique latine > Études de cas.
Participation politique > Amerique latine > Études de cas.
Politics and government
Political participation.
Municipal government.
Comparative government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > State & Provincial.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Local.
Comparative government > Case studies.
Municipal government > Latin America > Case studies.
Political participation > Latin America > Case studies.
Venezuela > Caracas.
Uruguay > Montevideo.
Latin America.
Brazil > Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul)
Caracas (Venezuela) > Politics and government.
Montevideo (Uruguay) > Politics and government.
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) > Politics and government.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo

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