The 'transfer'of participatory budgeting from Brazil to Europe has been a highly differentiated
process. In Porto Alegre, this innovative methodology enabled democratization and social …

Opposition to economic liberalization has intensified since the late 1990s, with Latin
America often standing at the forefront of new social and political movements that challenge …

We inhabit a perpetually accelerating and increasingly interconnected world, with new
ideas, fads, and fashions moving at social-media speed. New policy ideas, especially “ideas …

This book explores the impact of economic crises and free-market reforms on party systems
and political representation in contemporary Latin America. It explains why some patterns of …

Democratization studies became a sub-field of political science/international relations only
very gradually. Despite the rich pool of data generated by the early 'third wave'transitions in …

Territory has been increasingly interrogated within Anglophone human geography, yet it has
been little examined beyond the context of the modern, Eurocentric state. Developing an …

Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between
1998 and 2010. This volume examines the causes of this leftward turn and the …

Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector,
have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet few …

Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve
governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact …

The resurgence of the Left in Latin America over the past decade has been so notable that it
has been called “the Pink Tide.” In recent years, regimes with leftist leaders have risen to …