This empirically grounded collection examines the growth of participatory institutions in Latin American democracy and how such institutions affect representati
This volume describes and analyzes the proliferation of new mechanisms for participation in Latin American democracies and considers the relationship between di
Since democratization, Latin America has experienced a surge in new forms of citizen participation. Yet there is still little comparative knowledge on these so-
Participatory democracy innovations aimed at bringing citizens back into local governance processes are now at the core of the international democratic developm
