Wampler, Brian. <br/><br/>
Participatory budgeting in Brazil :  contestation, cooperation, and accountability / 
Brian Wampler. 
 - University Park, Pa. :  Pennsylvania State University Press,  c2007. 
 - xvi, 312 p. :  ill., map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-307) and index. 
<br/><br/>Extending citizenship and accountability through participatory budgeting -- Participatory budgeting: rules of the game -- Authority, negotiation, and solidarity: PB delegates' attitudes and behaviors -- Porto Alegre and Ipatinga: the successful delegation of authority and the use of contentious politics (among friends) -- Blumenau and Rio Claro: weak mayoral support and the absence of contentious politics -- Sáo Paulo and Santo André: co-optation, limited delegation, and signaling -- Belo Horizonte and Recife: contentious politics and mayoral shifts -- Deepening democracy through the expansion of citizenship rights and accountability. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780271032528 (cloth : alk. paper) 0271032529 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007014504 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Municipal budgets--Brazil.<br/>Municipal government--Brazil.<br/>Political participation--Brazil.<br/>Democracy--Brazil.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HJ9386  / W35 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>352.4/82140981