03559nam 2200637 a 450 991045671940332120200520144314.00-8047-7779-910.1515/9780804777797(CKB)2550000000035364(EBL)688957(OCoLC)731213061(MiAaPQ)EBC688957(DE-B1597)564668(DE-B1597)9780804777797(Au-PeEL)EBL688957(CaPaEBR)ebr10468993(OCoLC)1178768892(EXLCZ)99255000000003536420110120d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBootstrapping democracy[electronic resource] transforming local governance and civil society in Brazil /Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, and Marcelo K. SilvaStanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20111 online resource (223 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-6055-1 0-8047-6056-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : evaluating participatory democracy -- Society and the local state : toward a relational framework -- The emergence of local democracy in Brazil -- Assessing the impact of participatory budgeting -- Representation by design -- Making space for civil society -- Conclusion : bootstrapping participatory democracy.Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. This book investigates participatory budgeting—a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs—to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society. Looking closely at eight cities in Brazil, comparing those that carried out participatory budgeting reforms between 1997 and 2000 with those that did not, the authors examine whether and how institutional reforms take effect. Bootstrapping Democracy highlights the importance of local-level innovations and democratic advances, charting a middle path between those who theorize that globalization hollows out democracy and those who celebrate globalization as a means of fostering democratic values. Uncovering the state's role in creating an "associational environment," it reveals the contradictory ways institutional reforms shape the democratic capabilities of civil society and how outcomes are conditioned by relations between the state and civil society.Municipal governmentBrazilCitizen participationMunicipal budgetsBrazilCitizen participationPolitical participationBrazilDemocracyBrazilCivil societyBrazilElectronic books.Municipal governmentCitizen participation.Municipal budgetsCitizen participation.Political participationDemocracyCivil society320.80981Baiocchi Gianpaolo1971-1035052Heller Patrick1035053Silva Marcelo Kunrath1035054MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456719403321Bootstrapping democracy2454549UNINA