03520nam 2200661 450 991015469050332120230810001447.01-5036-0077-710.1515/9781503600775(CKB)3710000000971753(MiAaPQ)EBC4769971(DE-B1597)564789(DE-B1597)9781503600775(OCoLC)1198930212(EXLCZ)99371000000097175320161227h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPopular democracy the paradox of participation /Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto GanuzaStanford, California :Stanford University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (224 pages)1-5036-0076-9 0-8047-9061-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- One. The Participation Age -- Two. The New Spirit of Government -- Three. The Global Spread of Participation -- Four. The Rhetoric of Emancipation: Córdoba, Spain -- Five. A Government Closer to the People: Chicago, Illinois -- Six. The Utopian Undercurrent of Participation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Local participation is the new democratic imperative. In the United States, three-fourths of all cities have developed opportunities for citizen involvement in strategic planning. The World Bank has invested 5 billion over the last decade to support community participation worldwide. But even as these opportunities have become more popular, many contend that they have also become less connected to actual centers of power and the jurisdictions where issues relevant to communities are decided. With this book, Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza consider the opportunities and challenges of democratic participation. Examining how one mechanism of participation has traveled the world—with its inception in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and spread to Europe and North America—they show how participatory instruments have become more focused on the formation of public opinion and are far less attentive to, or able to influence, actual reform. Though the current impact and benefit of participatory forms of government is far more ambiguous than its advocates would suggest, Popular Democracy concludes with suggestions of how participation could better achieve its political ideals.Political participationDemocracyMunicipal budgetsCitizen participationMunicipal governmentCitizen participationcivil society.democratic participation.democratization.fast policy.globalization.governance.local government.neoliberalism.policy instruments.urban politics.Political participation.Democracy.Municipal budgetsCitizen participation.Municipal governmentCitizen participation.321.8Baiocchi Gianpaolo1971-1176947Ganuza ErnestoMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154690503321Popular democracy2836576UNINA