New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America: Voice and Consequence

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Voice and Consequence: Direct Participation and Democracy in Latin America....Pages 1-20
“We’re Either Burned or Frozen Out”: Society and Party Systems in Latin American Municipal Development Councils (Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico, and Brazil)....Pages 21-51
Participation as Representation: Democratic Policymaking in Brazil....Pages 53-74
Constrained Participation: The Impact of Consultative Councils on National-Level Policy in Mexico....Pages 75-97
Learning to Be “Better Democrats”? The Role of Informal Practices in Brazilian Participatory Budgeting Experiences....Pages 99-122
The Possibilities and Limits of Politicized Participation: Community Councils, Coproduction, and Poder Popular in Chávez’s Venezuela....Pages 123-147
Direct Democracy in Uruguay and Venezuela: New Voices, Old Practices....Pages 149-179
Participation and Representation in Oaxaca, Mexico’s Customary Law Elections: Normative Debates and Lessons for Latin American Multiculturalism....Pages 181-206
Elusive Demodiversity in Bolivia: Between Representation, Participation, and Self-Government....Pages 207-229
Institutionalized Voice in Latin American Democracies....Pages 231-250
Back Matter....Pages 251-263