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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461125903321

Autore

Montambeault Françoise

Titolo

The politics of local participatory democracy in Latin America : institutions, actors, and interactions / / Françoise Montambeault

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-8047-9657-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

323/.0420972

Soggetti

Local government - Mexico - Citizen participation

Democracy - Mexico

Local government - Brazil - Citizen participation

Democracy - Brazil

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.

Nota di contenuto

How does success vary? : redefining democratic success -- Why do cases vary? : a comparative approach -- Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl : participatory democracy or clientelistic participation? -- León : participation as fragmented inclusion -- Recife : from clientelism to disempowering cooption -- Belo Horizonte : the route toward democratic cooperation? -- Conclusion : comparative lessons for participatory democracy theory.

Sommario/riassunto

Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic development agenda. Municipalities around the world have adopted local participatory mechanisms of various types in the last two decades, including participatory budgeting, the flagship Brazilian program, and participatory planning, as it is the case in several Mexican municipalities. Yet, institutionalized participatory mechanisms have had mixed results in practice at the municipal level. So why and how does success vary? This book sets out to answer that question.