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The making and unmaking of a democratic space

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posted on 2023-06-09, 06:45 authored by Andrea Cornwall
Narratives of civil society participation often paint an overly rosy picture of engaged citizens enlivening democratic deliberation and democratizing decision-making. In this chapter, I draw on ethnographic research in a “new democratic space” in north-eastern Brazil to explore the politics of institutionalized civil society participation in health governance. Told in three instalments, this chapter traces the biography of a participatory health council through different periods of membership, leadership and local government administrations. In doing so, I juxtapose the normative assumptions of narratives of civil society with the politics and dynamics of participation in this particular political, cultural and social context.

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  • Published

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Publisher

Duke University Press

Page range

63-80

Pages

386.0

Book title

Beyond civil society: activism, participation, and protest in Latin America

Place of publication

USA

ISBN

9780822363071

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  • Anthropology Publications

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  • No

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  • Yes

Editors

Millie Thayer, Jeffrey W Rubin, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Agustín Laó-Montes, Sonia E Alvarez

Legacy Posted Date

2017-06-16

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