Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions

314 Pages·2015·1.728 MB·English

by  Brian Wampler

ACTIVATING DEMOCRACY
IN BRAZIL
Popular Participation, Social Justice,
and Interlocking Institutions
Brian Wampler
ACTIVATING DEMOCRACY IN BRAZIL
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ACTIVATING DEMOCRACY
IN BRAZIL
Popular Participation, Social Justice,
and Interlocking Institutions
Brian Wampler
University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame, Indiana
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Wampler, Brian.
Activating democracy in Brazil : popular Participation, Social Justice,
and Interlocking Institutions / Brian Wampler.
pages cm. —
(From the helen kellogg institute for international studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-268-04430-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) —
ISBN 0-268-04430-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-0-268-09673-1 (e-book)
1. Democracy—Brazil. 2. Political participation—Brazil.
3. Social justice—Brazil. I. Title.
JL2481.W36 2015
320.981—dc23
2014047955
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FOR SEBASTIAN AND GINGER:
for your curiosity in exploring new places, cultures, and ideas
for helping me to see Brazil with fresh eyes

Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
List of Tables and Figures xi
Acknowledgments xiii
 Activating Democracy in Brazil 1
 Establishing the Participatory Citizenship Regime 33
 Rebuilding the Local State 63
 Innovation and Renewal of Participatory Budgeting 93
 Councils and Conferences: Health Care, Housing, 131
and Social Services
 Transforming the Engagement of Civil Society 169
Organizations: Adopting New Strategies in the
Participatory Citizenship Regime
 Transforming Favelas 209
 Activating Democracy: Belo Horizonte and Beyond 245
Notes 273
References 277
Index 293

Abbreviations
BNDES Brazilian Development Bank (Banco Nacional de
Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social)
CEB ecclesial base community(comunidade eclesiais de base)
DEM Democrats (Democratas)
HDI Human Development Index
IBGE Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto
Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística)
IQVU Index of the Quality of Urban Life (Índice de Qualidade de
Vida Urbana)
MDB Brazilian Democratic Movement (Movimento Democrático
Brasileiro)
MST Landless Workers’ Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhores
Sem Terra)
NGO nongovernmental organization
PB participatory budgeting (orçamento participativo)
PCB Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro)
PC do B Communist Party of Brazil (Partido Comunista do Brazil)
PDS Social Democratic Party(Partido Social Democrata)
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