Subject(s): Urban Politics -- Neighbourhood organization in Brazil -- Political Capacities -- Policy -- Local government in Brazil in Citizen participation, Case studies -- Porto Alegre (Brazil) in Politics and government in Citizen participation -- Political participation in Brazil in Porto Alegre -- Local governance : PT and the challenges of participation -- Building participatory policy -- Participate budget process : who participate -- Mobilizing neighbourhoods -- Emerging political capacities -- Clientelism to cooperation: Civic organizations -- Resisting co-operation, contesting governmental control -- Overcoming the dilemmas of participatory democracy