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The Limits to Citizen Power: Participatory Democracy and the Entanglements of the State
Victor Albert
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Description for The Limits to Citizen Power: Participatory Democracy and the Entanglements of the State
Paperback. A critical engagement with citizen participation, state power and the difficulties of realising the principles of participatory democracy Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JHM; JPHV; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 288.
Can a political project exist outside of the power relations from which it is trying to emerge? In the twilight of Brazil's twenty-one year military regime, a new union movement emerged in Sao Paulo's industrial region, giving life to a new political party: the Workers' Party. The electoral success enjoyed by the party enabled it to champion a whole raft of democratic reforms and Brazil is now celebrated as a laboratory for popular and participatory forms of government. However, through analysis of the trajectory of the Worker Party's democratic experiment, the true challenge of embedding democracy inside existing state structures ... Read more
Can a political project exist outside of the power relations from which it is trying to emerge? In the twilight of Brazil's twenty-one year military regime, a new union movement emerged in Sao Paulo's industrial region, giving life to a new political party: the Workers' Party. The electoral success enjoyed by the party enabled it to champion a whole raft of democratic reforms and Brazil is now celebrated as a laboratory for popular and participatory forms of government. However, through analysis of the trajectory of the Worker Party's democratic experiment, the true challenge of embedding democracy inside existing state structures ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Condition
New
Weight
288g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745336176
SKU
V9780745336176
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About Victor Albert
Victor Albert is currently Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for the Centre for Metropolitan Studies at the University of Sao Paulo.
Reviews for The Limits to Citizen Power: Participatory Democracy and the Entanglements of the State
'Takes readers deep inside the interworking of the one of world's most well-known participatory experiences. Albert's excellent contribution to the study of citizen participation illuminates the problems of embedding participatory democracy inside existing state structures'
Dr. Brian Wampler, Professor of Political Science, Boise State University (USA)
Dr. Brian Wampler, Professor of Political Science, Boise State University (USA)