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Democratizing the State : Social Accountability and Social Control Regimes in Mexico and Brazil /

Isunza Vera, Ernesto

Democratizing the State : Social Accountability and Social Control Regimes in Mexico and Brazil / Adrian Gurza Lavalle, Ernesto Isunza Vera. - 1 online resource (XXII, 146 p.) - Latin America in Perspective : Society, Culture and Politics , 3 2749-9367 ; .

Frontmatter -- Foreword: Participatory institutions and democratic governance -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Acronyms -- List of Figures, Tables, and Graphs -- Introduction: Democratization of the State and Regimes of Social Control in Mexico and Brazil -- Chapter 1 Democratic Control of the State: Why Does it Matter? -- Chapter 2 From Social Accountability to Social Control Regimes -- Chapter 3 Social Control Regimes in Mexico and Brazil as Sociopolitical Configurations -- Chapter 4 The Prevalent Experiences and Social Control Regimes in Mexico and Brazil -- Chapter 5 Exemplary Cases. Policy Management Councils, Committees of the ContralorĂ­a Social, and National Consultative Councils -- Conclusion -- References

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Democratic institution-building experiences, innovative forms of social organization, and the development of multiple state-society interfaces represent a significant political phenomenon in Latin America in the last half-century. By comparing the two largest countries of the subcontinent, Brazil and Mexico, Democratizing the State examines social accountability and social control regimes. These regimes are conceived configurations of relationships between actors, organizational structures, norms, and resources, all arranged in a stable and institutionalized manner to exert social control over state actors and functions. The book addresses the contrasting characteristics and different functions through which the citizenry and civil society exert control over state action in both countries. Characterizing these experiences broadly as regimes is novel and enlightening regarding the work of practitioners and scholars on political participation, social accountability, and democracy in the global South and the global North.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9783111061856 9783111062853 9783111062266

10.1515/9783111062266 doi


Civil society--Latin America.
Democracy--Latin America.
Political participation--Latin America.
Brasilien.
Demokratie.
Lateinamerika.
Mexiko.
Partizipatorische Demokratie.
Politische Beteiligung.
Politische Vertretung.
Verantwortlichkeit.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.

Accountability. Brazil. Democracy. Latin America. Mexico. Participatory Democracy. Political Participation. Political Representation.

JL966

320.98