Title: Democracy, participatory politics and development : some comparative lessons from Brazil, India and South Africa

Authors: Heller, Patrick

Place: Basingstoke [etc.]

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Year: 2012

Journal: Polity

Volume: Vol. 44, No. 4

PAGE: 643--665

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: popular participation, democracy, development policy, governance, decentralization in government, south africa, india, brazil

Abstract: This essay reviews findings from ambitious reform projects in participatory governance in Brazil, India (Kerala) and South Africa and draws out some comparative lessons. For inclusive democratic development in the global south attention must be paid to effective citizenship.

URL: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/polity/journal/v44/n4/pdf/pol201219a.pdf

Document type: Portal