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Middle Class Activism and Poor People’s Politics: An Exploration of Civil Society in Chennai
Published by: London School of Economics
In Whose Name? Political Representation and Civil Organisations in Brazil
Published by: IDS
This paper examines which organisations define themselves as political representatives and the forms of representation they are constructing. It also explores some of the possible consequences of different forms of representation for democracy.
Beyond Comparative Anecdotalism: Lesson on Civil Society and Participation from Sao Paulo, Brazil
Detailed fieldwork in São Paulo, Brazil, shows that the conventional understanding of civil society and citizen participation is...
Civil Society Representation in the Participatory Budget and Deliberative Councils of São Paulo, Brazil
Published by: IDS
Civil society organisations participate as representatives of a range of social groups, values and interests in the participatory budget...
Who Participates? Civil Society and the New Democratic Politics in São Paulo, Brazil
Published by: IDS
This paper explores the participation of collective civil society actors in institutional spaces for direct citizen participation in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The data was produced by a unique survey of civil society actors who work for, or with, sectors of the lower-middle class, the working class, and the urban poor.