Participative Institutions in Brazil: Mayors and the Expansion of Accountability in Comparative Perspective

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Abstract

Citizens and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) play a more prominent role in Latin America's new democratic regimes than under previous democratic experiences. Efforts to promote transparency, accountability, and participation have led citizens, community organizations, social movements, and nongovernmental organizations to demand a more expansive role in decision-making venues. Brazil, Latin America's most populous and most decentralized democracy, has witnessed the proliferation of participatory institutions at the municipal level, granting citizens access to decision-making venues as well as the right to engage in oversight activities. Participatory institutions, such as participatory budgeting (PB), represent an effort to devolve and broaden decision-making venues with the potential to place a check on the prerogatives of mayors.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWidening Democracy
Subtitle of host publicationCitizens and Participatory Schemes in Brazil and Chile
EditorsPatricio Silva, Herwig Cleuren
PublisherBrill Academic Publishers
Pages77-97
Number of pages21
ISBN (Electronic)9789004177833
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameCEDLA Latin America Studies
Volume97
ISSN (Print)1572-6401

EGS Disciplines

  • Political Science

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