Voice, Votes, and Resources: Evaluating the Effect of Participatory Democracy on Well-being

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-135

  Boulding, Carew ^a   Wampler, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Latin America; Local government resources; Participatory budgeting; Participatory governance; Social well being

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DEMOCRACY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

BRAZIL; LATIN AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449687996     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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