Participatory institutions in democratic Brazil / Leonardo Avritzer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Avritzer, Leonardo
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Baltimore : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Johns Hopkins University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Democratization > Brazil.
Local government > Brazil.
Local budgets > Brazil > Citizen participation.
Collective behavior > Political aspects > Brazil.
Political culture > Brazil.
Political participation > Brazil.
Brazil > Politics and government > 1985-2002.
Brazil > Politics and government > 2003-
Physical Description:xiv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Toward a theory of participatory institutions in Brazil
  • Changes in civil society
  • Changes in political society
  • Changes in institutional design
  • Participatory budgeting
  • Health councils
  • City master plans
  • The limits and potential of participatory institutions.