The limits to citizen power participatory democracy and the entanglements of the state / Victor Albert.
| Author/creator | Albert, Victor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Pluto Press, 2016. |
| Description | x, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Anthropology, culture and society Anthropology, culture, and society. ^A682721 |
| Contents | Democratisation, reform and participation in Brazil -- Rituals and ritualism -- Participatory budgeting : ritualisations of petitioning and power -- Embedded participatory institutions : the Urban Development Council and the Housing Council -- Shared practices, contrasting ideologies -- Backstage -- Reimagining participatory democracy. |
| Abstract | "After Brazil's transition to democracy in 1985, a number of progressive actors, including a new political party -- the Workers' Party -- championed a raft of participatory reforms. Today, these reforms have garnered global attention for their effectiveness at combating inequality, encouraging active citizenship and reshaping state-society relations. However, no democratising project can entirely cast aside the existing state structures that pattern and give shape to political life. Drawing on long-term ethnographic research, Victor Albert provides a critical analysis of citizen participation in Santo André, in the region of Greater Sao Paulo where the Workers' Party was founded, by exploring the challenges participants face as they take part in institutions pervaded by the administrative culture of the state."--Back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-204) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023300882 |
| ISBN | 9780745336176 (Paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780745336121 (Hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |