Brian Wampler

BOOKS

Participatory Budgeting in Brazil: Contestation, Cooperation, and Accountability. 2007. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press (in press—due out October 2007).
PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS
“When does participatory democracy deepen democracy? Lessons from Brazil.” Forthcoming. Comparative Politics.

“Can Participatory Institutions Promote Pluralism? Mobilizing Low-Income Citizens in Brazil.” 2007. Studies in Comparative International Development. 41(4): 57-79.

“Following in the footsteps of Policy Entrepreneurs: Policy Advocates and Pro Forma Adopters” Forthcoming. Journal of Development Studies.

“Participatory Publics: Civil Society and New Institutions in Democratic Brazil.” 2004. Comparative Politics. 36(3): 291-312. With Leonardo Avritzer.

“Left Out: Trust and Social Capital among migrant seasonal farmworkers.” 2006. Social Science Quarterly. 87(5): 112:129. With Maria Chavez and Ross Burkhart.

“Expanding Accountability through Participatory Institutions: Mayors, Citizens, and Budgeting in Three Brazilian Municipalities.” 2004. Latin American Politics and Society. 46(2): 73-100.

“Restructuring Brazil: Institutional reform, economic liberalization and pluralism.” 2005. Latin American Research Review. 40(2): 242-252.

“The spread of Participatory Democracy in Brazil: From Radical Democracy to Participatory Good Government. Fall 2005. Journal of Latin American Urban Studies. 7: 37-52. With Leonardo Avritzer.

“Orçamento Participativo: Os paradoxes da participação e governo no Recife.” 1999. Cadernos de Estudos Sociais. 15(2): 343-373. (English Title: Participatory Budgeting: The paradoxes of participation and governance in Recife).

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

“Private Executives, Legislative Brokers, and Participatory Publics: Building Local Democracy in Brazil.” Committee: Lawrence S. Graham (co-chair), Henry Dietz (co-chair), Sonia E. Alvarez, Catherine Boone, Raul Madrid, Charlie Hale.

BOOK CHAPTERS

“Expanding Accountability through Participatory Institutions: Mayors, Citizens, and Budgeting in Three Brazilian Municipalities.” Forthcoming (Spring 2008). In New Perspectives on Democracy in Latin America: Actors, Institutions and Practices. Edited by William C. Smith and Felipe Agüero. Blackwell Publishers.

“A Guide to Participatory Budgeting.” 2007. In Participatory Budgeting. Edited by Anwar Shah. Washington, D.C. World Bank.

“¿Expandiendo la responsabilidad en la gestión por medio de instituciones participativas? Activistas y reformistas en los municipios brasileños.” 2006. In Diseño Institucional y participación política experiencias en el Brasil contemporáneo. Edited by Catia Wanderley Lumbambo, Denilson Bandeira Coêlho and Marcus André Melo. Buenos Aires: CLACSO. This is the Spanish version of the 2004 Latin American Politics and Society article.

“Expandindo Accountability através de Instituições Participativas: Ativistas e Reformistas nas municipalidades brasileiras.” 2005. In Atores Sociais e Estratégias de Participação no Programa de Governo nos Municípios. Edited by Catia Wanderly Lubambo and Denilson Bandeira Coelho. (Petrópolis: Editora Vozes). This is the Portuguese version of the 2004 Latin American Politics and Society article.

“Instituições, Associações e Interesses no Orçamento Participativo do São Paulo.” 2004 In Associativismo em São Paulo. Edited by Leonardo Avritzer. (São Paulo: Edusp). (Title in English: “Institutions, Associations, and Interests in São Paulo’s Participatory Budgeting”).

"Públicos participativos: sociedade civil e novas instituições no Brasil democrático." 2004. In Deliberação e Participação Social no Brasil. Edited by Vera Schattan P. Coelho and Marcos Nobre (São Paulo: Editora Letras). (With Leonardo Avritzer. Portuguese version of 2005 Comparative Politics article).

“Orçamento Participativo: uma explicação para as amplas variaçoes nos resultados.” 2003. In A inovação democratica no brasil. Edited by Leonardo Avritzer and Zander Navarro. (São Paulo: Editora Cortez). (Title in English: “Participatory Budgeting: An explanation of the broad variations in outcomes”).

“Fortalecimento Financiero do Município com Justiça Social a Serviço da Cidadania.” 2001. 20 Experiências de Gestão Público e Cidadania. Edited by Marta Farah and Helio Bautista. São Paulo: Fundação Getúlio Vargas. (Title in English: “Strengthening a Municipality’s Finances through citizenship and social justice”). With Helio Bautista.

“Popular Participation and Reform: Municipal Health Councils in São Paulo." 1997. In Policymaking in a Redemocratized Brazil. Volume 1: Decentralization and Social Policy. LBJ School of Public Affairs, Policy Research Project Report 119.

BOOK REVIEWS

Kent Eaton, Politicians and Economic Reform in New Democracies: Argentina and the Philippines in the 1990s. 2005. Comparative Political Studies. 38(7): 878-881.

POLICY PUBLICATIONS

Operation Jobs: An Evaluation. 1997. Claremont, CA: Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. (With Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Roger Frahm, Gary P. Freeman, and Clare Sheridan).

“Policy brief: Operation Jobs: Innovations in INS Enforcement of Employer sanctions.” 1997. Claremont, CA: Tomás Rivera Policy Institute. (With Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Roger Frahm, Gary P. Freeman, and Clare Sheridan).

WORKS UNDER REVIEW

“Constraining Participatory Politics in Europe: Disempowering Activists by focusing on micro-level politics.” Under review at the European Journal of Political Research.

“From Good Government to Politics as Usual: The Rise and Possible Demise of the Workers’ Party.” Under review at Latin American Politics and Society. Written with Benjamin Goldfrank.

“Should “best practices” be promoted? The diffusion and impact of Brazil’s Participatory Budgeting.” Under review at Opinão Publico.

“Should I stay or Should I go? Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.” Written with Maria Chavez and Francisco Pedraza. Under review at Journal of Hispanic Studies.

Research Awards under Review

National Science Foundation CAREER award. Title: “Civil Society Regimes: How do interactions among civil society organizations and government officials affect the quality of Brazil’s democracy?” Amount requested: US$539,000 for a five-year grant. July 2007

APPLIED RESEARCH
World Bank 2004 Report: “Brazil’s Participatory Budgeting: Motivations, Evidence, Claims, and Research Strategies.”

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare 2003 Report: “Assessing the behavioral and social patterns of Idaho’s migrant labor population.”

Ford Foundation 2000 Report: “Guide to Participatory Budgeting.”