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Review of Rethinking global democracy in Brazil

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  • Following the introductory and theoretical chapters, the book focuses on four “democratic experiments” in Brazil, giving each one its own chapter: HIV/AIDS drug purchasing and the creation of UNITAID; food security and the Committee on World Food Security; participatory budgeting program and the Open Government Partnership; and internet governance and the NETmundial meeting

  • What should global democracy look like? What kind of mechanisms could be embraced to make global society more democratic? What role(s) can actors like the state and civil society play in this process? As its title suggests, Rethinking global democracy in Brazil is situated within a broad discussion involving democracy and global governance, and Brazil is brought in as a case study to reflect upon the discussion’s two key concepts

  • Reading about the idea of Brazil serving as a global leader or positive example in the global governance of democracy, human rights, and a progressive civil society feels like a distant past, as exemplified by president Bolsonaro’s recent frustration of not being able to “kill this cancer called NGOs”

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Following the introductory and theoretical chapters, the book focuses on four “democratic experiments” in Brazil, giving each one its own chapter: HIV/AIDS drug purchasing and the creation of UNITAID; food security and the Committee on World Food Security; participatory budgeting program and the Open Government Partnership; and internet governance and the NETmundial meeting. – Rethinking global democracy in Brazil, by Markus Fraundorfer, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018 What kind of mechanisms could be embraced to make global society more democratic?

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