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  • Voice in Local Development

    Participation, Empowerment, and Accountability in Kenya

    by Brian Wampler, Michael Touchton ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in African Politics and International Relations
    Many governments in semi-democratic regimes have adopted participatory democratic institutions to promote development and accountability. But limited resources, weak civil society, and a history of authoritarian politics make building subnational democratic institutions daunting. This book addresses several important questions surrounding participatory democratic institutions: do participatory ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Democracy at Work

    Pathways to Well-Being in Brazil

    by Brian Wampler, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Michael Touchton ...
    One of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century is to address large, deep, and historic deficits in human development. Democracy at Work explores a crucial question: how does democracy, with all of its messy, contested, and, time-consuming features, advance well-being and improve citizens' lives? Professors Brian Wampler, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, and Michael Touchton argue that ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • The Rise, Spread, and Decline of Brazil’s Participatory Budgeting

    The Arc of a Democratic Innovation

    by Brian Wampler, Benjamin Goldfrank ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the rise, spread and decline of participatory budgeting in Brazil. In the last decade of the twentieth century Brazil became a model of participatory democracy for activists, practitioners, and scholars. However, some thirty years later participatory budgeting is in steep decline, and on the verge of disappearing from Brazil. Drawing from institutional, political choice, civil ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Participatory Budgeting in Global Perspective

    by Brian Wampler, Stephanie McNulty, Michael Touchton ...
    Participatory Budgeting continues to spread across the globe as government officials and citizens adopt this innovative democratic program in the hopes of strengthening accountability, civil society, and well-being. Governments often adapt PB's basic program design to meet local needs, thus creating wide variation in how PB programs function. Some programs retain features of radical democracy, ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

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  • The Transformation of the Workers' Party in Brazil, 1989–2009

    by Wendy Hunter ...
    Drawing on historical institutionalism and strategic frameworks, this book analyzes the evolution of the Workers' Party between 1989, the year of Lula's first presidential bid, and 2009, when his second presidential term entered its final stretch. The book's primary purpose is to understand why and how the once-radical Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) moderated the programmatic positions it endorsed ... Read more

    $35.29 USD

  • Popular Democracy

    The Paradox of Participation

    by Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Ernesto Ganuza ...
    Local participation is the new democratic imperative. In the United States, three-fourths of all cities have developed opportunities for citizen involvement in strategic planning. The World Bank has invested $85 billion over the last decade to support community participation worldwide. But even as these opportunities have become more popular, many contend that they have also become less connected ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Democracy Reinvented

    Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation in America

    by Hollie Russon Gilman ...
    Series series Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"
    A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publicationParticipatory Budgeting-the experiment in democracy that could redefine how public budgets are decided in the United States.Democracy Reinvented is the first comprehensive academic treatment of participatory budgeting in the United States, situating it within a broader trend of civic technology and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Side Effects

    Mexican Governance Under NAFTA’s Labor and Environmental Agreements

    by Mark Aspinwall ...
    This is a story about governance in Mexico after the labor and environmental accords—called "side agreements"—that accompanied the NAFTA treaty went into effect. These side agreements required member states to uphold and enforce their labor and environmental laws; though never codified, it was widely accepted that Mexico, in particular, had a problem with law enforcement.Side Effects explores how ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • The Politics of Local Participatory Democracy in Latin America

    Institutions, Actors, and Interactions

    by Françoise Montambeault ...
    Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic development agenda. Municipalities around the world have adopted local participatory mechanisms of various types in the last two decades, including participatory budgeting, the flagship Brazilian program, and participatory planning, as it is the ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Bootstrapping Democracy

    Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil

    by Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, Marcelo Silva ...
    Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. This book investigates participatory budgeting—a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs—to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society. Looking ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Diálogos: Placemaking in Latino Communities

    Edited by Michael Rios, Leonardo Vazquez ...
    Latinos are one of the largest and fastest growing social groups in the United States, and their increased presence is profoundly shaping the character of urban, suburban, and rural places. This is a response to these developments and is the first book written for readers seeking to learn about, engage and plan with Latino communities. It considers how placemaking in marginalized communities sheds ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Latino Small Businesses and the American Dream

    Community Social Work Practice and Economic and Social Development

    by Melvin Delgado ...
    Latino small businesses provide social, economic, and cultural comfort to their communities. They are also excellent facilitators of community capacity—a major component of effective social work practice. Social work practitioners have a vested interest in seeing such businesses grow, not only among Latinos but all communities of color. Reviewing the latest research on formal and informal ... Read more

    $34.19 USD