Democracy and participatory institutional designs in urban politics: a study of the contemporary Brazilian experience

This article provides an analysis of participatory institutions created in the local context during recent decades in Brazil in the context of urban politics. First, it describes the fundamental norms associated with democracy and participatory institutions and approach the role of institutional des...

• Main Author: Brasil, Flavia de Paula Duque (author)
• Format: article
• Language: spa
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Participatory institutions; institutional design; municipal councils; participatory budget; municipal conferences.; Instituciones participativas; Diseño institucional; Consejos Municipales; Presupuesto participativo; Municipios; Políticas urbanas; Brasil; Institutional design; Municipal councils; Participatory budget; Municipalities; Urban
• Online Access: https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/447