03465nam 2200613 a 450 991081535750332120231003172239.00-8047-7779-910.1515/9780804777797(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 transforming local governance and civil society in Brazil /Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, and Marcelo K. SilvaStanford, Calif. :Stanford University Press,2011.1 online resource (xvi, 204 pages) illustrations0-8047-6055-1 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 societyBrazilMunicipal governmentCitizen participation.Municipal budgetsCitizen participation.Political participationDemocracyCivil society320.80981Baiocchi Gianpaolo1971-1176947Heller Patrick1629533Silva Marcelo Kunrath1629534MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815357503321Bootstrapping democracy3967320UNINA