Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins

Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins

by J. Ricardo Tranjan
Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins

Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins

by J. Ricardo Tranjan

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Overview

The largely successful trajectory of participatory democracy in post-1988 Brazil is well documented, but much less is known about its origins in the 1970s and early 1980s. In Participatory Democracy in Brazil: Socioeconomic and Political Origins, J. Ricardo Tranjan recounts the creation of participatory democracy in Brazil. He positions the well-known Porto Alegre participatory budgeting at the end of three interrelated and partially overlapping processes: a series of incremental steps toward broader political participation taking place throughout the twentieth century; short-lived and only partially successful attempts to promote citizen participation in municipal administration in the 1970s; and setbacks restricting direct citizen participation in the 1980s. What emerges is a clearly delineated history of how socioeconomic contexts shaped Brazil’s first participatory administrations.

Tranjan first examines Brazil’s long history of institutional exclusion of certain segments of the population and controlled inclusion of others, actions that fueled nationwide movements calling for direct citizen participation in the 1960s. He then presents three case studies of municipal administrations in the late 1970s and early 1980s that foreground the impact of socioeconomic factors in the emergence, design, and outcome of participatory initiatives. The contrast of these precursory experiences with the internationally known 1990s participatory models shows how participatory ideals and practices responded to the changing institutional context of the 1980s. The final part of his analysis places developments in participatory discourses and practices in the 1980s within the context of national-level political-institutional changes; in doing so, he helps bridge the gap between the local-level participatory democracy and democratization literatures.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780268093792
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date: 12/17/2015
Series: Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

J. Ricardo Tranjan is a public policy consultant and independent scholar.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations vii

Glossary of Foreign Terms ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The Brazilian (Un)Representative System 33

Chapter 2 Participatory Movements under Authoritarian Government 57

Chapter 3 MDB Autênticos in Lages 91

Chapter 4 CEBs in Boa Esperança 117

Chapter 5 The PT in Diadema 149

Chapter 6 The Tempering of Participatory Ideals and Practices 175

Chapter 7 The Making of Participatory Democracy in Brazil 215

Notes 229

Works Cited 235

Index 257

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