Bootstrapping Democracy

Bootstrapping Democracy

Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil

by Marcelo Silva, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Patrick Heller, Marcelo Kunrath Silva

204 pages· 2011· ISBN 9780804760560
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This book investigates participatory budgeting—a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs—to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society.

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