Participatory institutions in democratic Brazil /

Avritzer, Leonardo.

Participatory institutions in democratic Brazil / Leonardo Avritzer. - Washington, D.C. : Baltimore : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009. - xiv, 205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-193) and index.

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.

9780801891748 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801891809 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Democratization--Brazil.
Democratización--Brasil
Gobierno local --Brasil
Local government--Brazil.
Local budgets--Citizen participation.--Brazil
Collective behavior--Political aspects--Brazil.
Political culture--Brazil.
Political participation--Brazil.


Brazil--Politics and government--1985-2002.
Brasil --Política y gobierno--1985-2002.
Brazil--Politics and government--2003-

JL 2481 / A963p 2009

323/.0420981