Bibliograph

New institutions for participatory democracy in Latin America, voice and consequence, edited by Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg, and Kenneth E. Sharpe

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New institutions for participatory democracy in Latin America, voice and consequence, edited by Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg, and Kenneth E. Sharpe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

New institutions for participatory democracy in Latin America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

826439381

Responsibility statement

edited by Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg, and Kenneth E. Sharpe

Sub title

voice and consequence

Summary

"The proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between direct participation and the consolidation of representative institutions based on traditional electoral conceptions of democracy. Encompassing case studies of Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela, the book draws on original fieldwork to assess how institutions operate in practice, thus illuminating the conditions under which direct participation enhances broader aims of democratic participation. In so doing, it conveys fresh perspectives on the quality of democracy in Latin America today and about future prospects for deepening democratic citizenship"--provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword / Mark E. Warren. -- Voice and consequence: direct participation and democracy in Latin America / Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg and Kenneth E. Sharpe. -- 'We're either burned or frozen out' : society and party systems in Latin American municipal development councils (Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil) / Gisela Zaremberg. -- Participation as representation : democratic policymaking in Brazil / Thamy Pogrebinschi. -- Constrained participation : the impact of consultative councils on national-level policy in Mexico / Felipe J. Hevia de la Jara and Ernesto Isunza Vera. -- Learning to be 'better democrats'? : the role of informal practices in Brazilian participatory budgeting experiences / Françoise Montambeault. -- The possibilities and limits of politicized participation : community councils, coproduction, and poder popular in Chavez's Venezuela / Michael M. McCarthy. -- Direct democracy in Venezuela and Uruguay : new voices, old practices / Alicia Lissidini. -- Participation and representation in Oaxaca, Mexico's customary law elections : normative debates and lessons for Latin American multiculturalism / Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jennifer Yelle. -- Democratic diversity in Bolivia : between representation, participation and self-government / Jose Luis Exeni Rodríguez. -- Institutionalized voice in Latin American democracies / Maxwell A. Cameron and Kenneth E. Sharpe

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