Bruce, Iain. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> First English-language guide to the new form of democractic government pioneered in Porto Alegre, Brazil. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781849644846 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political participation -- Brazil -- Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul).<br/>Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation.<br/>Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) -- Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JS2425.P67 -- P666 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.9/8165