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Voice and Consequence: Direct Participation and Democracy in Latin America / Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg and Kenneth E. Sharpe -- We're Either Burned or Frozen Out:' Society and Party Systems in Latin American Municipal Development Councils (Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil) / Gisela Zaremberg -- Participation as Representation: Democratic Policymaking in Brazil / Thamy Pogrebinschi -- Constrained Participation: The Impact of Consultative Councils on National-Level Policy in Mexico / Felipe J. Hevia de la Jara and Ernesto Isunza Vera -- Learning to Be 'Better Democrats'? The Role of Informal Practices in Brazilian Participatory Budgeting Experiences / Fraá¹…oise Montambeault -- The Possibilities and Limits of Politicized Participation: Community Councils, Coproduction, and Poder Popular in Chavez's Venezuela / Michael M. McCarthy -- Direct Democracy in Venezuela and Uruguay: New Voices, Old Practices / Alicia Lissidini -- Participation and Representation in Oaxaca, Mexico's Customary Law Elections: Normative Debates and Lessons for Latin American Multiculturalism / Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jennifer Yelle -- Democratic Diversity in Bolivia: Between Representation, Participation and Self-Government / Jose Luis Exeni R. -- Institutionalized Voice in Latin American Democracies--Maxwell A. Cameron and Kenneth E. Sharpe |
Summary |
This volume describes and analyzes the proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between direct participation and the consolidation of representative institutions based on more traditional electoral conceptions of democracy. Encompassing case studies of Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay and Venezuela, the book draws on original fieldwork to assess how these new institutions operate in practice in order to illuminate the conditions under which strengthened institutions of direct participation enhance broader aims of democratic participation. In so doing, it conveys fresh perspectives on the quality of democracy in Latin America today and about future prospects for deepening democratic citizenship. The theoretical and empirical contributions of the book will stimulate interest among comparativist political scientists, Latin American Studies scholars and students of democratic theory |
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"The proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between direct participation and the consolidation of representative institutions based on traditional electoral conceptions of democracy. Encompassing case studies of Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela, the book draws on original fieldwork to assess how institutions operate in practice, thus illuminating the conditions under which direct participation enhances broader aims of democratic participation. In so doing, it conveys fresh perspectives on the quality of democracy in Latin America today and about future prospects for deepening democratic citizenship"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Political participation -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Local government -- Latin America -- Citizen participation -- Case studies
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Democracy -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Political culture -- Latin America -- Case studies
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Political structure & processes -- Latin America. -- 21st century.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Politics and Government.
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Ethnology
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Democracy
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Local government -- Citizen participation
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Political culture
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Political participation
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Politics and government
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SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074911
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Latin America
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Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Electronic book
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Author |
Cameron, Maxwell A
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Hershberg, Eric
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Sharpe, Kenneth Evan
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LC no. |
2012022504 |
ISBN |
9781137270580 |
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1137270586 |
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1283868229 |
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9781283868228 |
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9781349444397 |
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1349444391 |
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