Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America - Hardcover

Selee, Andrew

 
9780801894060: Participatory Innovation and Representative Democracy in Latin America
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0801894069 ISBN 13: 9780801894060
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This empirically grounded collection examines the growth of participatory institutions in Latin American democracy and how such institutions affect representative government. While most existing literature concentrates on model cases of participatory budgeting in Brazil, this volume investigates cases in Mexico, Bolivia, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina, where conditions for innovation have been far less favorable. The contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy.

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About the Authors

Andrew D. Selee is director of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute.

Enrique Peruzzotti is a professor of political science at Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires and was a fellow at the Wilson Center in 2003–2004.

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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0801894069
ISBN 13 
9780801894060
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
192

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