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Participatory institutions in democratic Brazil / Leonardo Avritzer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Avritzer, Leonardo.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democratization--Brazil.
- Democratization.
- Collective behavior--Political aspects.
- Collective behavior.
- Local budgets.
- Political participation.
- Brazil.
- Local government--Brazil.
- Local government.
- Local budgets--Brazil--Citizen participation.
- Collective behavior--Political aspects--Brazil.
- Political culture--Brazil.
- Political culture.
- Political participation--Brazil.
- Brazil--Politics and government--1985-2002.
- Politics and government.
- Brazil--Politics and government--2003-.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- Brazil has conducted some of the world's most stunning experiments in participatory democracy, most notably the creation of city budgets through local citizens' meetings. Leonardo Avritzer introduces a fresh analytical approach to reveal the social and institutional conditions that make civic participation most effective, expanding the empirical base for assessing these institutions. By examining participatory health councils and city master plans within a diverse group of cities--Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Salvador--this book goes beyond the current literature, which has focused almost exclusively on budgeting in Porto Alegre. Ultimately, "Participatory Institutions in Democratic Brazil" provides a more complex understanding of the links among participation, citizenship, and democracy through a set of case studies that will resonate both inside and outside Brazil.
- Contents:
- Toward a theory of participatory institutions in Brazil
- Changes in civil society
- Changes in political society
- Changes in institutional design
- Participatory budgeting
- Health councils
- City master plans
- The limits and potential of participatory institutions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780801891748
- 0801891744
- 9780801891809
- 0801891809
- OCLC:
- 276334756
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