Maureen M. Donaghy

Civil Society and Participatory Governance (eBook, ePUB)

Municipal Councils and Social Housing Programs in Brazil

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Breaks new ground in the study of participatory governance by combining qualitative and quantitative research methods. Donaghy uses data from Brazil's 5,564 municipalities and fieldwork from five Brazilian cities to test whether participatory municipal housing councils are associated with an increase in adoption of social housing programs to benefit the poor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136225109
• Artikelnr.: 38267087

Autorenporträt

Maureen M. Donaghy is Assistant Professor at Rutgers University-Camden. Her research and teaching interests focus on development and civil society with an emphasis on participatory governance, urban politics and Latin America.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction 2: Housing Policy as Critical Challenge for Development and
Democracy 3: The Effect of Municipal Housing Councils on Policy Outcomes 4:
Civil Society Density, Participatory Governance, and Policy Outcomes 5:
Pathways to Participatory Governance: Policy-Making in Brazil's Municipal
Housing Councils 6: The Creation Effect: Evaluating Commitment in
Participatory Governance Institutions 7: Longevity in Participatory
Governance Institutions: São Paulo's Municipal Housing Council at 10 8:
Conclusion: Can Democracy Remedy Social Challenges? Findings on the Effect
of Participatory Governance Institutions