TY  - CHAP
AB  - In this paper I discuss the impact of participatory reforms to municipal governance on local civil society in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Carried out by administrators of the Worker's Party (PT), these reforms have created a variety of empowered participatory fora on municipal policy. In contrast to a previous period of “tutelage” in which neighborhood associations vacillated between acquiescence and conflict with municipal government, these reforms have fostered new institutions in civil society, a greater interconnectedness between local organizations, and a ‘scaling up’ of activism away from solely neighborhood to city-wide concerns. To properly consider this impact I propose a ‘relational’ framework that considers the role of state-civil society relationships in creating an environment more or less conducive to civic involvement.
VL  - 15
SN  - 978-1-84950-154-5, 978-0-76230-883-5/0198-8719
DO  - 10.1016/S0198-8719(02)80021-7
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0198-8719(02)80021-7
AU  - Baiocchi Gianpaolo
ED  - Diane E. Davis
PY  - 2002
Y1  - 2002/01/01
TI  - Synergizing civil society: state-civil society regimes in Porto Alegre, Brazil
T2  - Political Power and Social Theory
T3  - Political Power and Social Theory
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 3
EP  - 52
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -