Title: Brazilian experiences of participation and citizenship : a critical look

Authors: Cornwall, Andrea and Romana, Jorge and Shankland, Alex

Place: Brighton

Publisher: University of Sussex. Institute of development studies (IDS)

Year: 2008

Journal: IDS discussion paper

Volume: 389

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: popular participation, budgeting, public finance, democracy, civil society, decentralization in government, governance, brazil

Abstract: Brazil's participatory institutions have attracted considerable international attention. The paper examines what the Brazilian experiences can teach about the pre-conditions for effective participatory governance and illustrates this with four case studies.

URL: http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/Dp389.pdf

Document type: Other