Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Gebundenes Buch

Militants and Citizens

The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre

Beschreibung

Brazil's democracy has frequently been described as unconsolidated, its citizens as apathetic and uninterested in politics. But in Porto Alegre, a host city to the World Social Forum, thousands of ordinary citizens participate in local governance, making binding decisions on urban policy on a daily basis. While there has been immense attention paid to the practice of participatory democracy in Porto Alegre, this is the first book to examine the politics, culture, and day-to-day activities of its citizens. >

Autor

Gianpaolo Baiocchi is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate in the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Radicals in Power: The Workers' Party and Experiments in Urban Democracy in Brazil.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9780804751223
• ISBN-10: 0804751226
• Artikelnr.: 21606964