Inventing Local Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inventing Local Democracy write by Rebecca Abers. This book was released on 2000. Inventing Local Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Abers (political science, Center for Public Policy Research, U. of Brasília, Brazil) provides a close study of innovative city government in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Led by the Workers' Party, the city implemented a participatory budget program in which residents meet in their neighborhoods to determine budget priorities. Taking place in a city long dominated by patronage politics and elite rule, the story is both a sociopolitical study of the impact that state- sponsored participatory forums can have on civil society and a contribution to the theory and practical possibilities of participatory democracy.--
Inventing Local Democracy
Inventing Local Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Inventing Local Democracy write by Rebecca Abers. This book was released on 1997. Inventing Local Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Making a Place for Community
Making a Place for Community - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making a Place for Community write by Thad Williamson. This book was released on 2014-06-03. Making a Place for Community available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When pundits refer to the death of community, they are speaking of a number of social ills, which include, but are not limited to, the general increase in isolation and cynicism of our citizens, widespread concerns about declining political participation and membership in civic organizations, and periodic outbursts of small town violence. Making a Place for Community argues that this death of community is being caused by contemporary policies that, if not changed, will continue to foster the decline of community. Increased capital flow between nations is not at the root of the problem, however, increased capital flow within our nation is. Small towns shouldn't have to hope for a prison to open nearby and downtown centers shouldn't sit empty as suburban sparwl encroaches, but they do and it's a result of widely agreed upon public policies.
Local Democracy
Local Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Local Democracy write by Lawrence Pratchett. This book was released on 2014-05-15. Local Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Local Democracy Under Siege
Local Democracy Under Siege - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Local Democracy Under Siege write by Dorothy Holland. This book was released on 2007-02-07. Local Democracy Under Siege available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 2007 Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Book Award Complete List of Authors:Dorothy Holland, Donald M. Nonini, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, Marla Frederick-McGlathery, Thaddeus C. Guldbrandsen, and Enrique G. Murillo, Jr. What is the state of democracy at the turn of the twenty-first century? To answer this question, seven scholars lived for a year in five North Carolina communities. They observed public meetings of all sorts, had informal and formal interviews with people, and listened as people conversed with each other at bus stops and barbershops, soccer games and workplaces. Their collaborative ethnography allows us to understand how diverse members of a community not just the elite think about and experience “politics” in ways that include much more than merely voting. This book illustrates how the social and economic changes of the last three decades have made some new routes to active democratic participation possible while making others more difficult. Local Democracy Under Siege suggests how we can account for the current limitations of U.S. democracy and how remedies can be created that ensure more meaningful participation by a greater range of people. Complete List of Authors (pictured) From Left to Right, bottom row: Enrique Murillo, Jr., Thaddeus Guldbrandsen, Marla Frederick-McGlathery. Top row: Dorothy Holland, Catherine Lutz, Lesley Bartlett, and Don Nonini.
