Popular Democracy: The Paradox of Participation

by Ernesto Ganuza and Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Book Overview

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 to actual centers of power and the jurisdictions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804790612
• ISBN13: 9780804790611
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"