This volume describes and analyzes the proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between di
Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic developm
The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local g
This empirically grounded collection examines the growth of participatory institutions in Latin American democracy and how such institutions affect representati