Inventing Local Democracy: Grassroots Politics in Brazil
- ISBN-10
- 1555878938
- ISBN-13
- 9781555878931
- Category
- Local government
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Author
- Rebecca Abers
Description
Abers (political science, Center for Public Policy Research, U. of BrasÃlia, Brazil) provides a close study of innovative city government in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Led by the Workers' Party, the city implemented a participatory budget program in which residents meet in their neighborhoods to determine budget priorities. Taking place in a city long dominated by patronage politics and elite rule, the story is both a sociopolitical study of the impact that state- sponsored participatory forums can have on civil society and a contribution to the theory and practical possibilities of participatory democracy.--
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