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Deepening local democracy in Latin America [electronic resource] : participation, decentralization, and the left / Benjamin Goldfrank.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: University Park : The Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xii, 299 p. :) illContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780271053684
  • 0271053682
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 320.8098 22
LOC classification:
  • JS2300 .G65 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Democracy, 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.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-291) and index.

Democracy, 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.

"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.

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