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Book Review| November 01 2017 Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions. By Wampler, Brian. Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xvi, 297 pp. Paper, $39.00. Tracy Beck Fenwick Tracy Beck Fenwick Australian National University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2017) 97 (4): 760–762. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-4214567 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Tracy Beck Fenwick; Activating Democracy in Brazil: Popular Participation, Social Justice, and Interlocking Institutions. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 November 2017; 97 (4): 760–762. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-4214567 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search Brian Wampler's central claim in Activating Democracy is that participatory institutions in Brazil, over time, provide “access points” through which citizens can engage via a variety of strategies to secure both political and social rights (p. 26). Beyond this activating of democracy, a participatory citizenship regime was also activated in Belo Horizonte during the 1990s and 2000s, producing for Brazil a relatively high score on the Human Development Index. Set within the trend of other excellent books published in the Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development, Wampler's general interest is showing exactly how this activation took place, as opposed to simply showcasing yet again one of Brazil's policy innovations.The author's research objective is to show that the state and society cannot be simplified, in either practice or scholarly investigation, into separate, mutually exclusive areas of action. He demonstrates the need... Copyright © 2017 by Duke University Press2017 You do not currently have access to this content.
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