Citizen participation in Europe: A comparative analysis from the sociopolitical contexts

  1. Ernesto Ganuza Fernández
  2. Francisco José Francés García
Revue:
OBETS: Revista de Ciencias Sociales

ISSN: 1989-1385

Année de publication: 2015

Volumen: 10

Número: 1

Pages: 235-260

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14198/OBETS2015.10.1.09 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Résumé

El cuestionamiento de la espiral social derivada de la participación ha intensificado el debate sobre el lugar que ocupa este fenómeno en las democracias contemporáneas. No es posible negar la evidencia que muchos estudios han señalado acerca de la importancia de las actitudes políticas asociadas a la participación institucionalizada. Pero en este estudio nos preguntamos si todo el fenómeno de la participación se equipara con ese tipo de participación. En nuestro trabajo se comparan diferentes formas de participación con una lógica comparativa en una muestra de países europeos con un doble objetivo. En primer lugar, analizar las actividades que se pueden vincular a cada forma de participación y si se puede considerar que son diferentes desde el punto de vista de los sujetos. En segundo lugar, analizar las actitudes que llevan a las personas a elegir una opción sobre la otra. Las conclusiones muestran que para las personas las diferentes formas de participación suponen diferentes formas de compromiso político. En los resultados se observa una tendencia hacia formas no institucionalizadas de participación que es difícil de ignorar, hasta el punto que han terminado por convertirse en herramientas normalizadas para los ciudadanos, por lo que conviene considerarlas desde el punto de vista de las consecuencias que tienen para la democracia como una forma diferente de ejercer influencia política.

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