The Limits of Popular Participation in Salvador, Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11305608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernd Reiter (0000-0003-2764-4036, University of South Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 337-354 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Developing Societies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0169-796X • E-ISSN: 1568-5225 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0169796x0802400302 |
| OpenAlex | W2151385253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article focuses on the changing nature of state-society interactions in the state of Bahia, Brazil and on the factors that condition democratic participation. During several research trips, conducted between 2001 and 2006, I collected data on participatory budgeting and on participatory urban planning in the city of Salvador. I was therefore able to compare two thematic sites where local states interacted with society in general, and with civil society speci?cally. In both cases, I found a very wide gap between the de jure mandate of citizen participation and the de facto state of affairs. The examined empirical cases point to some of the conditionalities of democratic participation at the local level. The existence of this gap between law and reality can, in part, be explained by the continued importance of ‘Carlismo’ as a way of doing local politics in Bahia and therefore, to the persistence of local political regimes persisting despite changes in political leadership
Citizen journalism · Civil society · De facto · Democracy · Local election · Local government · Mandate · Participatory budgeting · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration · Urban Development and Societal Issues
Democracy and the Public Space in Latin America
Militants and Citizens
Inventing Local Democracy
Embedded Autonomy
The Making of Social Movements in Latin America
State Power and Social Forces
Between Facts and Norms
An Ugly Democracy?
Bringing the State Back In
State and Society in Brazil
State in Society
Good Government in the Tropics
State and Society in Brazil
Can participatory institutions promote pluralism? Mobilizing low-income citizens in Brazil
The Civil Law Tradition
Making Democracy Work
Between Facts and Norms
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2019 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |