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"Focuses particularly on the political environment of Sacramento, California, from 1970 to 2000. Having a racial profile similar to the nation's demographics, Sacramento is a useful national proxy on the racial question. Shows how Black people used the 30 years following the civil rights movement to forge a new political reality for themselves and their country"--Provided by publisher

"Focuses particularly on the political environment of Sacramento, California, from 1970 to 2000. Having a racial profile similar to the nation's demographics, Sacramento is a useful national proxy on the racial question. Shows how Black people used the 30 years following the civil rights movement to forge a new political reality for themselves and their country"--Provided by publisher

Brazil in the late 1970s was a country of racial tension and inequality. During this time, a number of independent Black organizations sprang up from older roots, giving the black population a place to create, develop and share narratives about life in Brazil. Within these organizations, they developed a sense of racial consciousness that gave rise to the Movimento Negro Unificado (MNU) in 1979. The MNU, or Unified Black Movement, created an outlet for racial grievances and gave a voice to those previously unheard. This intensive historical study of Brazil's Movimento Negro Unificado centers o

In this case study of participatory democracy in Porto Alegre,
Brazil, Rebecca Neaera Abers examines one aspect of the
participatory democracy program implemented by the Par-
tido dos Trabalhadores (PT), the Workers' Party, in Porto
Alegre: the participatory budget process. In that process,
people at the grassroots make policy decisions that the
government is committed to implement. The PT took office
in 1989, and Abers follows its participatory budget process
from 1989 to 1997.