Brian Wampler (Idaho Boise State University), Natasha Borges Sugiyama (Milwaukee University of Wisconsin), Michael Touchton (University of Miami)

Democracy at Work

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Democratic practices - participation, citizenship rights, and an inclusionary state - enhance human development. The book uncovers how local democratic governance improves well-being, related to poverty, health, women's empowerment, and education. Municipalities that invest in democracy attain greater human development. Commitments to democracy thus have real consequences for citizens.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9781108717335
• ISBN-10: 1108717330
• Artikelnr.: 63459069

Autorenporträt

Brian Wampler is Professor of Political Science at Boise State University, Idaho. He is the author of Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions (2015), and Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation and Accountability (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Democracy at work
2. Building pathways for change
3. Research design, methods, and variables
4. Reducing poverty: broadening access to income
5. Improving health: saving lives
6. Empowering women: saving mothers and enhancing opportunities
7. Educating society: promoting public education and learning
8. Pathways at work: lessons from Brazil's poor Northeast
Conclusion: how democracy improves well-being.