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Deepening local democracy in Latin Americaparticipation, decentralization, and the left /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Deepening local democracy in Latin AmericaBenjamin Goldfrank.
Reminder of title:	participation, decentralization, and the left /
Author:	Goldfrank, Benjamin.
Published:	University Park :The Pennsylvania State University Press,c2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 299 p.) :ill.
Subject:	Comparative government
Subject:	Caracas (Venezuela)Politics and government.
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780271053684 (electronic bk.)

Deepening local democracy in Latin Americaparticipation, decentralization, and the left /
Goldfrank, Benjamin.

Deepening local democracy in Latin Americaparticipation, decentralization, and the left /[electronic resource] :Benjamin Goldfrank. - University Park :The Pennsylvania State University Press,c2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 299 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-291) and index.

Democracy, participation, and decentralization -- A tale of three cities -- Caracas : scarce resources, fierce opposition, and restrictive design -- Montevideo : from rousing to regulating participation -- Porto Alegre : making participatory democracy work -- Stronger citizens, stronger state? -- Conclusion : the diffusion of participatory democracy and the rise of the left.

"Addresses the question of why institutions meant to attract citizenparticipation succeed in strengthening civil society and improving state responsiveness and transparency in some places, but fail in others. Focuses on urban politics in Porto Alegre (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Caracas (Venezuela)"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN: 9780271053684 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

268298
Comparative government
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

626856
Caracas (Venezuela)
--Politics and government.

LC Class. No.: JS2300 / .G65 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 320.8098

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