Democracy, participatory politics and development: Some comparative lessons from Brazil, India and South Africa

Polity

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 643-665

  Heller, Patrick ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

decentralization; democratization; participatory democracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872080451     PISSN: 00323497     EISSN: 17441684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/pol.2012.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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