Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America
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Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America

Participation, Decentralization, and the Left

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eBook - PDF

Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America

Participation, Decentralization, and the Left

About this book

The resurgence of the Left in Latin America over the past decade has been so notable that it has been called "the Pink Tide." In recent years, regimes with leftist leaders have risen to power in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela. What does this trend portend for the deepening of democracy in the region? Benjamin Goldfrank has been studying the development of participatory democracy in Latin America for many years, and this book represents the culmination of his empirical investigations in Brazil, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In order to understand why participatory democracy has succeeded better in some countries than in others, he examines the efforts in urban areas that have been undertaken in the cities of Porto Alegre, Montevideo, and Caracas. His findings suggest that success is related, most crucially, to how nationally centralized political authority is and how strongly institutionalized the opposition parties are in the local arenas.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Figures
  6. Tables
  7. Overview
  8. Chapter One: Democracy, Participation, and Decentralization
  9. Chapter Two: A Tale of Three Cities
  10. Chapter Three: Caracas: Scarce Resources, Fierce Opposition, and Restrictive Design
  11. Chapter Four: Montevideo: From Rousing to Regulating Participation
  12. Chapter Five: Porto Alegre: Making Participatory Democracy Work
  13. Chapter Six: Stronger Citizens, Stronger State?
  14. Conclusion: The Diffusion of Participatory Democracy and the Rise of the Left
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Back Cover