The Porto Alegre alternative : direct democracy in action / edited and translated by Iain Bruce.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bruce, Iain.

Series:

IIRE notebook for study and research ; no. 35-36.

IIRE notebook for study and research ; no. 35-36

Language:

English

Portuguese

Subjects (All):

Porto Alegre (Brazil)--Politics and government.

Porto Alegre (Brazil).

Porto Alegre (Brazil)--Economic conditions.

Porto Alegre (Brazil)--History.

Physical Description:

x, 161 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press with the International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE), 2004.

Language Note:

Some articles translated from Portuguese.

Contents:

Part I The Participatory Budget - Origins, Aims and Ambiguities (Iain Bruce)

1 Participatory Democracy - The Debate

2 From First Steps to Final Strategies

Part II How It Works

3 Basic Principles (Ubiratan de Souza)

4 Porto Alegre: The City Budget (AndrT Passos Cordeiro)

5 The PB in Two Other Cities (Interview with Edinho Sil.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

074532097X

0745320961

OCLC:

57015630