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A critical engagement with citizen participation, state power and the difficulties of realising the principles of participatory democracy

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'Takes readers deep inside the interworking of the one of world's most well-known participatory experiences. Albert's excellent contribution to the study of citizen participation illuminates the problems of embedding participatory democracy inside existing state structures' -- Dr. Brian Wampler, Professor of Political Science, Boise State University (USA)

Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Series Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Democratisation, Reform and Participation in Brazil
2. Rituals and Ritualisation
3. Participatory Budgeting: Ritualisations of Petitioning and Power
4. Embedded Participatory Institutions: The Urban Development Council and the Housing Council
5. Shared Practices, Contrasting Ideologies
6. Backstage
Conclusion: Reimagining Participatory Democracy
Notes
References
Index

The Limits to Citizen Power

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      Publisher Pluto Press
      Published 20 June 2016
      ISBN-13 9780745336121
      978-0745336121
      ISBN-10 0745336124
      Also in:
      Anthropology Democracy Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A critical engagement with citizen participation, state power and the difficulties of realising the principles of participatory democracy

      Trade Review
      'Takes readers deep inside the interworking of the one of world's most well-known participatory experiences. Albert's excellent contribution to the study of citizen participation illuminates the problems of embedding participatory democracy inside existing state structures' -- Dr. Brian Wampler, Professor of Political Science, Boise State University (USA)

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures and Tables
      List of Abbreviations
      Series Preface
      Acknowledgements
      Introduction
      1. Democratisation, Reform and Participation in Brazil
      2. Rituals and Ritualisation
      3. Participatory Budgeting: Ritualisations of Petitioning and Power
      4. Embedded Participatory Institutions: The Urban Development Council and the Housing Council
      5. Shared Practices, Contrasting Ideologies
      6. Backstage
      Conclusion: Reimagining Participatory Democracy
      Notes
      References
      Index

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