{"product_id":"militants-and-citizens-9780804751223","title":"Militants and Citizens","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the politics, culture, and day-to-day activities of Porto Alegre's citizens. It argues that the Brazilian town's importance may lie not just with its effective governance, but with its political logic, namely a greater access to government functions and government officials for traditionally disenfranchised citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is far and away the best work on governance in Porto Alegre, the paradigmatic case for contemporary democratic participation. It will be read and reread by researchers and activists alike.\" -- Peter Evans, University of California * Berkeley *\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, after all the hype, we have a real account of the Porto Alegre experiment in participatory democracy, how the subaltern can indeed speak and be heard, how a public sphere can give a political space to the poor and illiterate and not just the privileged and educated, how popular control of municipal budgets engenders a vibrant civil society and a responsive government that advances material welfare. \u003ci\u003eMilitants and Citizens\u003c\/i\u003e puts political theory to work in an ethnographic tour de force. This is essential reading for a depressed American public that can no longer remember the meaning of democracy.\" -- Michael Burawoy * University of California, Berkeley *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  List of Illustrations\t000  List of Acronyms and Abbreviations\t000  Preface\t000  1. \"Attention Compaheiros!\" \t1  2. A City Transformed\t000  3. New Actors and New Competencies\t000  4. Deliberative Repertoires\t000  5. Emergent Public Spheres \t000  6. Militants and Citizens \t000  7. The Civic is the Political\t000  Methodological Appendix\t000  Glossary\t000  References  Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405561143639,"sku":"9780804751223","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804751223.jpg?v=1730492837","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/militants-and-citizens-9780804751223","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}