Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America: Participation, Decentralization, and the Left

Addresses the question of why institutions meant to attract citizen participation succeed in strengthening civil society and improving state responsiveness and transparency in some places, but fail in others. Focuses on urban politics in Porto Alegre (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay), and Caracas (Venezuela).

• | By (Author): Benjamin (Assistant Professor, Seton Hall University) Goldfrank
• | Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 04, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0271037946
• | ISBN-13: 9780271037943