Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America Participation Decentralization and th

Pennsylvania State University Press

Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America Participation Decentralization and the Left\nby Benjamin Goldfrank\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Benjamin Goldfrank\nTitle: Deepening Local Democracy in Latin America Participation Decentralization and the Left\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Comparative politics\nPublisher: Penn State University\nISBN-13: 9780271037943\nISBN-10: 0271037946\nRRP: \u00A376.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nAddresses 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).\n\nAddresses the question of why in.