Democracy and participation in Brazil: decentralization and citizenship in contemporary capitalism

This article analyzes two opposite traditions in relation to the concepts of “decentralization” and “local power” (Brazilian social thinking and the Tocqueville based matrix) due to the role given to these concepts by the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. These concepts were considered capable of maki...

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Main Author: Francisco César Pinto da Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2007-05-01
Series:Revista Katálysis
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/katalysis/article/view/1017