A Time of Closure? Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, after the Workers' Party Era
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4018047 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teresa R Melgar (Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 121-149 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022216x13001582 |
| OpenAlex | W2024701929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 12 |
Participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, has long been held up as a model of how grassroots social movements, in alliance with a Left party in power, have deepened democracy in a highly clientelistic context. But what happened to this democratic reform when the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers' Party, PT), which supported this initiative while it held the mayorship of Porto Alegre for 16 years, lost political power? This article examines the shifting fortunes of the participatory budgeting process following the defeat of the Workers' Party in the 2004 local elections. It explores how and why succeeding local administrations weakened participatory budgeting amid the changing political configuration of Porto Alegre, underscoring the critical role played by considerable executive branch powers in the process. The article concludes by examining what questions this raises for the sustainability of local democratic reforms
Alliance · Citizen journalism · Clientelism · Closure (psychology) · Context (archaeology) · Democracy · Grassroots · Participatory budgeting · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Development, Ethics, and Society · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |