Geography and Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte Compared

Geography and Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Porto Alegre and Belo Horizonte Compared

This paper examines the participatory budgeting  process that an increasing number of municipalities, primarily but not exclusively in Brazil, are  using as a tool of governance. Background is  provided on municipal governance in Brazil as  well as on the Partido dos Trabalhadores, the political par...

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Main Authors: Terence Wood, Warwick E Murray
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2007-10-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Subjects:
governance
participatory budget
political participation
political geography
Brazil
gobernabilidad
presupuesto participativo
participación política
geografgía política
Brasil
Online Access:http://www.erlacs.org/articles/10.18352/erlacs.9631/

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