CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Mohring, Casey Rae |
|---|---|
| Title | THEORY OF PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN BRAZIL PERU, AND GUATEMALA |
| Summary | Participatory governance structures, such as participatory budgeting has created new interest in empirical applications of participatory democracy to contribute a new theoretical perspective to the discourse on democratic theory. The practice of participatory democracy and the potential it has to balance and improve relations between the state and society, by limiting the control of the elites and making political actors more accountable has sparked scholarly interest in recent years. Moreover, theoretical investigations aimed at bridging the gap between normative and empirical levels of participatory democracy have captured the attention of scholars, researchers, and humanitarian-development practitioners alike. Applying the theory of participatory democracy to diverse case studies across Latin America contributes a broader understanding of societal conditions that are conducive to participatory democracy’s success, while simultaneously identifying societal conditions that are not. The application of participatory theory of democracy to Brazil, Peru, and Guatemala, countries who have experimented with participatory budgeting as a form of participatory democracy, provides empirical evidence for participatory democracy as a democratic theory and will be explored in depth throughout this thesis. |
| Supervisor | Ackali, Emel |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/mohring_casey.pdf |
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