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Author Albert, Victor, author

Title The limits to citizen power : participatory democracy and the entanglements of the state / Victor Albert
Published London : Pluto Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 207 pages)
Series Anthropology, culture and society
Anthropology, culture, and society.
Contents Democratisation, reform and participation in Brazil -- Rituals and ritualisation -- Participatory budgeting: ritualisations of petitioning and power -- Embedded participatory institutions: the urban development council and the housing council -- Shared practices, contrasting ideologies -- Backstage -- Conclusion: Reimagining participatory democracy
Summary A critical engagement with citizen participation, state power and the difficulties of realising the principles of participatory democracy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Political participation -- Brazil -- Santo André (São Paulo)
Democracy -- Brazil -- Santo André (São Paulo)
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
Democracy.
Political participation.
Politics and government.
SUBJECT Santo André (São Paulo, Brazil) -- Politics and government
Subject Brazil -- Santo André (São Paulo)
Form Electronic book
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