Radicals in power : the Workers' Party (PT) and experiments in urban democracy in Brazil / edited by Gianpaolo Baiocchi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baiocchi, Gianpaolo, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Partido dos Trabalhadores (Brazil).

Local government--Brazil.

Local government.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

xvi, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

Radicals in Power provides a rich and systematic account of the innovative redistributive democracy policies introduced in Brazil over the past 20 years by the Workers Party of Brazil (PT) at state level, in big city administrations, and medium-sized urban centers. Based on original field investigation, and with contributions both from scholars and active participants in the process, this volume provides a unique understanding of how a non-dogmatic leftwing political movement has instituted highly innovative experiments to achieve participation, social redistribution, and justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-245) and index.

ISBN:

1842771728

1842771736

OCLC:

50670651

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