Bootstrapping democracy
Subtitle: transforming local governance and civil society in Brazil
By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, and Marcelo K. Silva
Contributors: Heller, Patrick, author; Silva, Marcelo Kunrath, author
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780804760553; 9780804760560
Subjects: Citizen participation; Democracy; Municipal budgets; Civil society; Municipal government; Political participation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : evaluating participatory democracy; title: Society and the local state : toward a relational framework; title: The emergence of local democracy in Brazil; title: Assessing the impact of participatory budgeting; title: Representation by design; title: Making space for civil society; title: Conclusion : bootstrapping participatory democracy.