Urban Policy and Citizen Participation: Presence and voice in the City Council of Curitiba
Urban policy in Curitiba includes the City Council of Curitiba (Concitiba) as apermanent participatory body. As Graham Smith (2009) indicates, the institutional design of such an instanceis capable of influencing its production of democratic goods, in which inclusion is important, and may beassessed...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Associação Nacional de Pós-graduação e Pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Regional (ANPUR) |
| Repository: | Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.rbeur.anpur.org.br:article/5667 |
| Online Access: | https://rbeur.anpur.org.br/rbeur/article/view/5667 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Política Urbana Instituições de Democracia Participativa Conselho da Cidade de Curitiba Desenho Institucional Governança Democrática Urban Policy Institutions of Participative Democracy City Council of Curitiba Institutional Design Democratic Governance |
| Summary: | Urban policy in Curitiba includes the City Council of Curitiba (Concitiba) as apermanent participatory body. As Graham Smith (2009) indicates, the institutional design of such an instanceis capable of influencing its production of democratic goods, in which inclusion is important, and may beassessed through two markers: presence and voice. This paper approaches institutional design of Concitiba andverifies the promotion of inclusion through presence and voice, over its first two terms (2008 to 2012). Withregard to presence, two groups demonstrated regimental and effective predominance: the public sector and theproductive sector. In terms of voice, there was warranted space for the represented groups to manifest their(mostly conflicting) arguments. Concerns regarding the internal organization of the council were a big issueduring its beginnings, but manifestations of divergent positions and conflicting projects in urban policy issuesper se eventually outgrew them. |
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