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Militants and Citizens

The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi

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Militants and Citizens

The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Brazils democracy has frequently been described as unconsolidated, its citizens as apathetic and uninterested in politics. But in Porto Alegre, a host city to the World Social Forum, thousands of ordinary citizens participate in local governance, making binding decisions on urban policy on a daily basis. While there has been immense attention paid to the practice of participatory democracy in Porto Alegre, this is the first book to examine the politics, culture, and day-to-day activities of its citizens. Drawing on the rich tradition of urban ethnography and political theory, the book argues that Porto Alegres importance may lie not just with its effective governance, but with its new political logic, namely a greater access to government functions and government officials for traditionally disenfranchised citizens. In an age characterized by seemingly strong voter apathy, this study has global implications. The author shows that in the discussions on the failings of democracy in industrialized countries like the United States, most people may be missing what is central to civic engagement--unimpeded access to government.

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Popular Democracy

The Paradox of Participation

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Ernesto Ganuza

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Popular Democracy

The Paradox of Participation

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Ernesto Ganuza

Local participation is the new democratic imperative. In the United States, three-fourths of all cities have developed opportunities for citizen involvement in strategic planning. The World Bank has invested $85 billion over the last decade to support community participation worldwide. But even as these opportunities have become more popular, many contend that they have also become less connected to actual centers of power and the jurisdictions where issues relevant to communities are decided. With this book, Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Ernesto Ganuza consider the opportunities and challenges of democratic participation. Examining how one mechanism of participation has traveled the world—with its inception in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and spread to Europe and North America—they show how participatory instruments have become more focused on the formation of public opinion and are far less attentive to, or able to influence, actual reform. Though the current impact and benefit of participatory forms of government is far more ambiguous than its advocates would suggest, Popular Democracy concludes with suggestions of how participation could better achieve its political ideals.

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Stanford University Press

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1503600777

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Civic Imagination

Making a Difference in American Political Life

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Elizabeth A Bennett,Alissa Cordner,Peter Klein,Stephanie Savell

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Civic Imagination

Making a Difference in American Political Life

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Elizabeth A Bennett,Alissa Cordner,Peter Klein,Stephanie Savell

The Civic Imagination provides a rich empirical description of civic life and a broader discussion of the future of democracy in contemporary America. Over the course of a year, five researchers observed and participated in 7 civic organisations in a mid-sized US city. They draw on this ethnographic evidence to map the 'civic imaginations' that motivate citizenship engagement in America today. The book unpacks how contemporary Americans think about and act toward positive social and political change while the authors' findings challenge contemporary assertions of American apathy. This will be an important book for students and academics interested in political science and sociology.

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Routledge

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1317262417

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Militants and Citizens

The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi

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The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre

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Bootstrapping Democracy

Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Patrick Heller,Marcelo Silva

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Bootstrapping Democracy

Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Patrick Heller,Marcelo Silva

Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. 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. Looking closely at eight cities in Brazil, comparing those that carried out participatory budgeting reforms between 1997 and 2000 with those that did not, the authors examine whether and how institutional reforms take effect. Bootstrapping Democracy highlights the importance of local-level innovations and democratic advances, charting a middle path between those who theorize that globalization hollows out democracy and those who celebrate globalization as a means of fostering democratic values. Uncovering the state's role in creating an "associational environment," it reveals the contradictory ways institutional reforms shape the democratic capabilities of civil society and how outcomes are conditioned by relations between the state and civil society.

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0804777799

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We, the Sovereign

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi

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We, the Sovereign

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi

What does it mean for the people to actually rule? Formal democracy is an empty and cynical shell, while the nationalist Right claims to advance its anti-democratic project in the name of ‘the People’. How can the Left respond in a way that is true to both its radical egalitarianism and its desire to transform the real world? In this book, Gianpaolo Baiocchi argues that the only answer is a radical utopia of popular self-rule. This means that the ‘people’ who rule must be understood as a demos that is totally open, inclusive and egalitarian, constantly expanding its boundaries. But it also means that sovereignty must be absolute, possessing total power over all relevant decisions that impact the conditions of life. Only, he argues, by a process of explosive and creative tension between this radical view of the ‘we’ and an absolute idea of the ‘sovereign’ can we transform our approach to political parties and state institutions and make them instruments of total emancipation. Illustrated by the real-life experiences of movements throughout the world, from Latin America to Southern Europe, Baiocchi’s provocative vision will be essential reading for all activists who want to understand the true meaning of radical democracy in the 21st century.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1509521372

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We, the Sovereign

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi

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The Civic Imagination

Making a Difference in American Political Life

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Elizabeth A. Bennett,Alissa Cordner,Peter Taylor Klein,Stephanie Savell

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Making a Difference in American Political Life

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Elizabeth A. Bennett,Alissa Cordner,Peter Taylor Klein,Stephanie Savell

The Civic Imagination provides a rich empirical description of civic life and a broader discussion of the future of democracy in contemporary America. Five researchers observed and participated, over the course of a year, in 7 civic organizations in a mid-sized US city. They draw on this ethnographic evidence to map the "civic imaginations" that motivate citizenship engagement in America today. The book unpacks how contemporary Americans think about and act toward positive social and political change. The authors' findings challenge contemporary assertions of American apathy.

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Bootstrapping Democracy

Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Patrick Heller,Marcelo Silva

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Transforming Local Governance and Civil Society in Brazil

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Civic Imagination

Making a Difference in American Political Life

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Elizabeth A Bennett,Alissa Cordner,Peter Klein,Stephanie Savell

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Making a Difference in American Political Life

By: Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Elizabeth A Bennett,Alissa Cordner,Peter Klein,Stephanie Savell

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1317262409

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Anything But Racism

How Social Scientists Limit the Significance of Racism

By: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva,Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Hayword Horton

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Anything But Racism

How Social Scientists Limit the Significance of Racism

By: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva,Gianpaolo Baiocchi,Hayword Horton

The authors of this landmark book challenge the assumption that race is declining in its significance as indicator of economic, political and social conditions. Anything But Racismsets the record straight by offering a comprehensive approach to understanding race and research, including such areas as: social theory, survey research, ethnography, demography, statistics and finding results.

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Book's by Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Militants and Citizens

Militants and Citizens

Popular Democracy

Popular Democracy

Civic Imagination

Civic Imagination

Militants and Citizens

Militants and Citizens

Bootstrapping Democracy

Bootstrapping Democracy

We, the Sovereign

We, the Sovereign

We, the Sovereign

We, the Sovereign

The Civic Imagination

The Civic Imagination

Bootstrapping Democracy

Bootstrapping Democracy

Civic Imagination

Civic Imagination

Anything But Racism

Anything But Racism

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