Participatory Publics: Civil Society and New Institutions in Democratic Brazil

Wampler, Brian; Avritzer, Leonardo

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“…The survey showed a history of previous participation in both participatory budgeting and neighborhood associations similar to that of participatory groups researched on PB. (Wampler & Avritzer, 2004 Last but not least, there seems to be a difference between the demonstrators in Belo Horizonte and Brasília. Brasília shows the pattern of participation of a city without strong forms of institutionalized participation, whereas Belo Horizonte bridges both institutional and non-institutional participation.…”

Section: The Inauguration Of Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva As President Omentioning

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Participation in democratic Brazil: from popular hegemony and innovation to middle-class protest

Avritzer

2017

Opin. Publica

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Brazil became a reference case of social participation after the success of participatory budgeting during the early 90s. The standard theory of the success of participation points to its positive impact on the political system. However, since 2013 Brazil has been experiencing some important changes regarding both participation and representation. In regard to representation, the strengthening of conservative forces in Congress is taking place because of a large increase in private financing. We are also seeing that participation alone cannot change the composition of the system of representation. The events that occurred in Brazil in June 2013, which led to changes in the patterns of social participation, have attracted attention worldwide. The aim of this paper is to analyze these changes in Brazil and point out how they influenced the country’s political system and impacted the organization of Brazilian democracy. The data show how MPL presented its demands without politicizing them, keeping itself a single-issue movement (Figure 1). They also show how MBL politicized the movement (Figure 2), transforming it into an anti-corruption movement positioned against president Dilma Rousseff.

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Section: The Inauguration Of Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva As President Omentioning

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Participation in democratic Brazil: from popular hegemony and innovation to middle-class protest

Avritzer

2017

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“…The introduction of participatory institutions in Porto Alegre (Brazil) is widely hailed as the most successful example of this type of approach (see Wampler, 2008Wampler, , 2010Wampler and Avritzer, 2004). Participation in Porto Alegre took the form of participatory budgeting which saw the management of public finances for public goods, such as health, education and infrastructure, devolved to communities following a process of reductive elections, from regional to community level.…”

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“…In addition, in the case of participatory budgeting, there is a need to empowered local authorities (Walker, 2009). These conditions are integral to the success of participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre (Baiocchi, 2001;Wampler and Avritzer, 2004;Grimes, 2008;Wampler, 2008) and subsequently to the very viability of much citizen-centred activity more broadly. In Brazil local authorities such as mayors, who are part of the formal system of representative democracy, must "first centralise authority in their own hands before they hand People power and anti-corruption; demystifying citizen-centred approaches…”

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People power and anti-corruption; demystifying citizen-centred approaches

Verdenicci

Hough

2015

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In recent years there has been an ever expanding body of work that advocates putting the citizen at the centre of attempts to tackle corruption. The task of anti-corruption policy, so the argument goes, is to empower citizens to act against those who behave in a corrupt fashion. This article illustrates that whilst there is much to be said for encouraging citizens to move against corrupt officials, and citizen-centred anti-corruption ideas subsequently appear attractive in theory, implementing these notions (as they currently stand) in practice is problematic.Attacking corruption may well often be done most successfully by not openly claiming that that is the aim, and by embracing more indirect reform paths. The article concludes that without buy-in from not just citizens, but also from governments and external agents, citizen-centred anti-corruption mechanisms become limited, potentially irrelevant or even damaging as citizen apathy and frustration increases.People power and anti-corruption; demystifying citizen-centred approaches

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“…En América Latina los primeros esfuerzos para analizar la participación ciudadana se enfocaron en su mayoría en Brasil (Abers, 2000;Wampler & Avritzer, 2004) en lo que se conoció como el "presupuesto participativo". La misión fue demostrar los efectos positivos de los A mecanismos de transparencia de la información pública al incrementar el acceso a la información sobre políticas públicas a los ciudadanos y de cómo estos mecanismos permitían la redistribución de recursos hacia sectores pobres y marginados del país.…”

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2017

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Participatory Publics: Civil Society and New Institutions in Democratic Brazil

Cited by 181 publications

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Participation in democratic Brazil: from popular hegemony and innovation to middle-class protest

Participation in democratic Brazil: from popular hegemony and innovation to middle-class protest

People power and anti-corruption; demystifying citizen-centred approaches

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