Democracy at Work - Brian (Boise State University, Idaho) Wampler, Natasha Borges (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) Sugiyama, Michael (University of Miami) Touchton

Democratic practices - participation, citizenship rights, and an inclusionary state - enhance human development. The book uncovers how local democratic governance improves well-being, related to poverty, health, women's empowerment, and education. Municipalities that invest in democracy attain greater human development. Commitments to democracy thus have real consequences for citizens.