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Through its experiment in participative budget-making, Porto Alegre has institutionalized the direct democratic involvement of ordinary citizens in deciding spending priorities. This volume examines the lessons to be learned from this city to renew democratic institutions elsewhere in the world.

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Author:   Marion Gret ,  Yves Sintomer ,  Stephen Wright
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9781842774045

ISBN 10:   1842774042
Pages:   152
Publication Date:   20 January 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Marion Gret completed her doctorate on participatory democracy in Argentina and Brazil at the Institute for Advanced Latin American Studies at the University of Paris III. She is currently a research associate at CERAD (Centre d'etude et de recherche autour de la democratie), University of Rennes and at CREDAL (Centre de recherche et de documentation on Latin America), IHEAL (Institut des Hautes Etudes d'Amerique Latine), Paris III. Yves Sintomer divides his time between the University of Paris VIII and the Marc Bloch Centre in Berlin, where he is a researcher. He is the author of La democratie impossible? Politique et modernite chez Weber et Habermas (1999).

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