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Author

Avritzer, Leonardo.

Title Participatory institutions in democratic Brazil / Leonardo Avritzer.

Imprint

Washington, D.C. : Woodrow Wilson Center Press ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	323.0420981 Av84p 2009	---	Available

Description	xiv, 205 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-193) and index.
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.
Subject	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-
ISBN	9780801891809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0801891809 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780801891748 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0801891744 (hardcover : alk. paper)