Kenneth E. Sharpe 
New Institutions for Participatory Democracy in Latin America [PDF ebook] 
Voice and Consequence

1. Voice and Consequence: Direct Participation and Democracy in Latin America; Maxwell A. Cameron, Eric Hershberg and Kenneth E. Sharpe 2. We’re Either Burned or Frozen Out:’ Society and Party Systems in Latin American Municipal Development Councils (Nicaragua, Venezuela, Mexico and Brazil); Gisela Zaremberg 3. Participation as Representation: Democratic Policymaking in Brazil; Thamy Pogrebinschi 4. Constrained Participation: The Impact of Consultative Councils on National-Level Policy in Mexico; Felipe J. Hevia de la Jara and Ernesto Isunza Vera 5. Learning to Be ’Better Democrats’? The Role of Informal Practices in Brazilian Participatory Budgeting Experiences; Françoise Montambeault 6. The Possibilities and Limits of Politicized Participation: Community Councils, Coproduction, and Poder Popular in Chávez’s Venezuela; Michael M. Mc Carthy 7. Direct Democracy in Venezuela and Uruguay: New Voices, Old Practices; Alicia Lissidini 8. Participation and Representation in Oaxaca, Mexico’s Customary Law Elections: Normative Debates and Lessons for Latin American Multiculturalism; Todd A. Eisenstadt and Jennifer Yelle 9. Democratic Diversity in Bolivia: Between Representation, Participation and Self-Government; José Luis Exeni R. 10. Institutionalized Voice in Latin American Democracies; Maxwell A. Cameron and Kenneth E. Sharpe

Author Maxwell A. Cameron: Maxwell A. Cameron is a professor of Political Science at University of British Columbia. Author Eric Hershberg: Eric Hershberg is the director of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies and a professor of Government at American University. Author Kenneth E. Sharpe: Kenneth E. Sharpe is the William R. Kenan junior professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College.