LEADER 02790nam 2200553 450 001 9910479876703321 005 20200929133922.0 010 $a0-271-05677-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780271056777 035 $a(CKB)2670000000160086 035 $a(MH)012743208-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6224116 035 $a(DE-B1597)583992 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780271056777 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000160086 100 $a20200929d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeepening local democracy in Latin America $eparticipation, decentralization, and the left /$fBenjamin Goldfrank 210 1$aUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :$cThe Pennsylvania State University Press,$d[2011] 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 299 p. )$cill. ; 311 $a0-271-03794-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDemocracy, participation, and decentralization -- A tale of three cities -- Caracas : scarce resources, fierce opposition, and restrictive design -- Montevideo : from rousing to regulating participation -- Porto Alegre : making participatory democracy work -- Stronger citizens, stronger state? -- Conclusion : the diffusion of participatory democracy and the rise of the left. 330 $a"Addresses the question of why institutions meant to attract citizen participation succeed in strengthening civil society and improving state responsiveness and transparency in some places, but fail in others. Focuses on urban politics in Porto Alegre (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Caracas (Venezuela)"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aPolitical participation$zLatin America$vCase studies 606 $aMunicipal government$zLatin America$vCase studies 606 $aComparative government$vCase studies 607 $aPorto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)$xPolitics and government 607 $aMontevideo (Uruguay)$xPolitics and government 607 $aCaracas (Venezuela)$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical participation 615 0$aMunicipal government 615 0$aComparative government 676 $a320.8098 700 $aGoldfrank$b Benjamin$01033739 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910479876703321 996 $aDeepening local democracy in Latin America$92452442 997 $aUNINA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress