Format:
1 online resource (176 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781849644846
Series Statement:
IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education) v.Nos. 35-36
Content:
First English-language guide to the new form of democractic government pioneered in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- IIRE Notebooks for Study and Research -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: From the PT to Porto Alegre -- Prologue: The View from Below -- Part I: The Participatory Budget- Origins, Aims and Ambiguities -- 1. Participatory Democracy - The Debate -- 2. From First Steps to Final Strategies -- Part II: How it Works -- 3. Basic Principles -- 4. Porto Alegre: The City Budget -- 5. The Participatory Budget in Two Other Cities -- 6. On a Bigger Scale: Rio Grande do Sul and Nationwide -- Part III: What it Means -- 7. Participatory Democracy and Local Power: The Experience of Porto Alegre -- 8. Theses on Local Government and the Struggle for Socialism -- 9. The Question of Democracy Today -- 10. PT Local Governments and Socialism -- Notes -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780745320977
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780745320977
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3386526
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