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Citizenship and Access to Rights

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Participatory Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazil

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This chapter outlines the concept of innovative governance. It discusses the struggles for citizenship rights with focus on Brazil, while situating the study within the literature on governance and citizenship. Throughout this chapter, I put emphasis on the struggle for citizenship rights as a fundamental political battle that depends on the distribution of power and the ability and opportunities for the poor to engage in the political sphere to overcome disadvantages. In attempting to offer a dynamic view of governance and literature on citizen rights in the context of the current right-wing governments, I consider the consequences of political changes to public policies and citizenship rights in Brazil and Latin America.

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    Academic work by Lukensmeyer and Brigham (2005) make some considerations on that.

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    The use of the internet has been proven to be a useful tool for increasing opportunities for citizen participation. However, the articulation of the internet and participatory democracy innovation calls for careful reflection that cannot be undertaken in this book. For an overview on this approach, see Breuer and Welp (2014) and Barros and Sampaio (2016).

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Lima, V. (2020). Citizenship and Access to Rights. In: Participatory Citizenship and Crisis in Contemporary Brazil. Governance, Development, and Social Inclusion in Latin America. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19120-7_2

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