Militants and Citizens: The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre

by Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804751234
• ISBN13: 9780804751230
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 10.1"