Democracy At Work - Pathways to Well-Being in Brazil

Demonstrates how specific dimensions of democracy - participation, citizenship rights, and an inclusionary state - enhance human development and well-being.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Democracy at work; 2. Building pathways for change; 3. Research design, methods, and variables; 4. Reducing poverty: broadening access to income; 5. Improving health: saving lives; 6. Empowering women: saving mothers and enhancing opportunities; 7. Educating society: promoting public education and learning; 8. Pathways at work: lessons from Brazil's poor Northeast; Conclusion: how democracy improves well-being.

About the author

Brian Wampler is Professor of Political Science at Boise State University, Idaho. He is the author of Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions (2015), and Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation and Accountability (2007).Natasha Borges Sugiyama Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She is the author of Diffusion of Good Government: Social Sector Reforms in Brazil (2012).Michael Touchton is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. He is the co-author of Salvaging Communities: How American Cities Rebuild Closed Military Bases (Forthcoming) with Amanda Johnson.

Product details

• Authors: Natasha Borges Sugiyama, Natasha Borges (University of Wisconsin Sugiyama, Sugiyama Natasha Borges, Michael Touchton, Michael (University of Miami) Touchton, Brian Wampler, Brian (Boise State University Wampler, Wampler Brian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108493147
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49314-7
• No. of pages: 370
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Latin America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Politics and government, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government