Inventing local democracy : grassroots politics in Brazil /

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Author / Creator:	Abers, Rebecca.
Imprint:	Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Local government -- Brazil -- Citizen participation -- Case studies. Political participation -- Brazil -- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) Local government -- Citizen participation. Political participation. Politics and government -- Citizen participation. Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation. Brazil. Brazil -- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul) Electronic books. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404460

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ISBN:	9781626371378 1626371377 1555878938 9781555878931
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-255) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Abers (political science, Center for Public Policy Research, U. of Brasília, Brazil) provides a close study of innovative city government in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Led by the Workers' Party, the city implemented a participatory budget program in which residents meet in their neighborhoods to determine budget priorities. Taking place in a city long dominated by patronage politics and elite rule, the story is both a sociopolitical study of the impact that state- sponsored participatory forums can have on civil society and a contribution to the theory and practical possibilities of participatory democracy.--
Other form:	Print version: Abers, Rebecca. Inventing local democracy 1555878938

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