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Bootstrapping democracy [[electronic resource] ] : transforming local governance and civil society in Brazil / / Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, and Marcelo K. Silva



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Autore: Baiocchi Gianpaolo <1971-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Bootstrapping democracy [[electronic resource] ] : transforming local governance and civil society in Brazil / / Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, and Marcelo K. Silva Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina: 320.80981
Soggetto topico: Municipal government - Brazil - Citizen participation
Municipal budgets - Brazil - Citizen participation
Political participation - Brazil
Democracy - Brazil
Civil society - Brazil
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: HellerPatrick  
SilvaMarcelo Kunrath  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Bootstrapping democracy  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8047-7779-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456719403321
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