Rethinking Global Democracy in Brazil.

Rethinking Global Democracy in Brazil -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- New Realities, Old Structures -- Old Structures, Undemocratic Structures -- Brazil: A Laboratory for Democratic Experiments in the Tropics -- Organisation of the Book -- 2 Democratising Global Governance -- The Peculiarities of the Global Governance System -- Ideal Types of a Democratic Global Order -- Promoting Democratic Practices in Global Governance as People-Power -- The Theoretical Framework: Three Indicators of People-Power -- 3 Brazil and the Purchase of Drugs -- The Brazilian Way of Tackling HIV/AIDS -- The Creation of UNITAID: One for All, All for One -- Democratic Practices at UNITAID -- 4 Brazil and Food Security -- Brazil's National Food Security and Nutrition Framework -- The Reform of the Committee on World Food Security: New Beginnings -- Democratic Practices in the Committee on World Food Security -- 5 Brazil and Open Government -- The Participatory Budgeting Programmes -- The Open Government Partnership: A New Paradigm? -- Democratic Practices in the Open Government Partnership -- 6 Brazil and Internet Governance -- The Regulatory Framework for the Internet -- The NETmundial Meeting: A New Point of Departure in Global Internet Governance -- Democratic Practices during the NETmundial Meeting -- 7 Conclusion -- Rethinking Global Democracy in Brazil -- A Pattern Emerges -- Brazil's Future Role in Global Democracy -- Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book opens up contemporary and novel practices of Brazil's democracy for examination, including responses to global food security, the purchase of drugs, open democracy and internet governance.

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