The Limits of Popular Participation in Salvador, Brazil
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2008
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0169796X0802400302
Abstract
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.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Developing Societies, v. 24, issue 3, p. 337-354
Link to Full Text
https://doi.org/10.1177/0169796X0802400302
Scholar Commons Citation
Reiter, Bernd, "The Limits of Popular Participation in Salvador, Brazil" (2008). Government and International Affairs Faculty Publications. 13.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gia_facpub/13
