01793     2200253   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001500097041000800112082001200120084001800132100002400150245011300174260005700287300004200344504004600386520085400432650006601286650006001352650007901412990002401491990002401515INLIS00000000000228020221024051241  a0010-0520002280221024                |          | eng    a0804751226  aeng  a323.042  a323.042 BAI m0 aBaiocchi, Gianpaolo1 aMilitants and citizens : the politics of participatory democracy in Porto Alegre 05150 /cGianpaolo Baiocchi  aStanford, Calif :bPrinceton University Press,c2005  axvii, 224 p. :b: ill., map ;c24 cm.  abibliographical references (p. [193]-217)  aBut the book was written in the belief that there is something else to be learned far beyond Brazil from the story of Porto Alegre?s neighborhood associations and movements. Taking this case seriously forces us to pay attention to facets of civic life and citizenship that are often obscured from view, exposing their ?artifactually?. This book was also written in the belief that the best testament to the experience of Porto Alegrenses is neither to romanticize them nor exaggerate their accomplishments, but to be fair, as well as true to my own interpretation. This book was also written on the assumption that its audience would not be made up only of Brazilianists or Porto Alegre experts, and I have therefore tried to avoid drowning readers some of the fine-grained institutional and historical detail that comes from seven years of research 4aPolitical participation -- Brazil -- Porto Alegre -- History. 4aPolitical culture -- Brazil -- Porto Alegre -- History. 4aPorto Alegre (Brazil) -- Politics and government -- Citizen participation.  a05150/MKRI-P/I-2008  a05150/MKRI-P/I-2008