Bootstrapping Democracy: Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil

By Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Marcelo Silva, Patrick Heller

Book Overview

This book investigates participatory budgeting-a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs-to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804760551
• ISBN13: 9780804760553
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"