The Porto Alegre Alternative : Direct Democracy in Action.
Bruce, Iain.
The Porto Alegre Alternative : Direct Democracy in Action. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (177 pages) - IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education) Series . - IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education) Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- IIRE Notebooks for -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: From the PT to Porto Alegre -- Prologue: The View from Below -- Part I: The Participatory Budget- Origins, Aims and Ambiguities -- 1. Participatory Democracy - The Debate -- 2. From First Steps to Final Strategies -- Part II: How it Works -- 3. Basic Principles -- 4. Porto Alegre: The City Budget -- 5. The Participatory Budget in Two Other Cities -- 6. On a Bigger Scale: Rio Grande do Sul and Nationwide -- Part III: What it Means -- 7. Participatory Democracy and Local Power: The Experience of Porto Alegre -- 8. Theses on Local Government and the Struggle for Socialism -- 9. The Question of Democracy Today -- 10. PT Local Governments and Socialism -- Notes -- Index.
First English-language guide to the new form of democractic government pioneered in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
9781849644846
Political participation -- Brazil -- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation.
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) -- Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
JS2425.P67 -- P666 2004eb
320.9/8165
The Porto Alegre Alternative : Direct Democracy in Action. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (177 pages) - IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education) Series . - IIRE (International Institute for Research and Education) Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- IIRE Notebooks for -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: From the PT to Porto Alegre -- Prologue: The View from Below -- Part I: The Participatory Budget- Origins, Aims and Ambiguities -- 1. Participatory Democracy - The Debate -- 2. From First Steps to Final Strategies -- Part II: How it Works -- 3. Basic Principles -- 4. Porto Alegre: The City Budget -- 5. The Participatory Budget in Two Other Cities -- 6. On a Bigger Scale: Rio Grande do Sul and Nationwide -- Part III: What it Means -- 7. Participatory Democracy and Local Power: The Experience of Porto Alegre -- 8. Theses on Local Government and the Struggle for Socialism -- 9. The Question of Democracy Today -- 10. PT Local Governments and Socialism -- Notes -- Index.
First English-language guide to the new form of democractic government pioneered in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
9781849644846
Political participation -- Brazil -- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation.
Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) -- Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
JS2425.P67 -- P666 2004eb
320.9/8165