Citizen Participation in public affairs and its contribution to the quality of democracy. Reflections with regards to some participative experiences

  • María José Corchete Martí
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-63(2)-2015pp81-109
Keywords: Costitution, Governance and right Government, deliberative democracy

Abstract

Due to the democratic deficit in the nowadays societies, new forms of citizen participation in decision making which used to belong only to our political representatives» will are analysed in this article. The representation system, the essential pillar on which the political fundamental rights rest, needs to be strengthened with other instruments which imply a stronger and more significant role in the political field. The local sphere, natural habitat to implement democratic participation instruments, is eligible to recover and consolidate concepts such as responsibility, public spirit and mainly public ethics so in decline in recent years. The quest for the common good should make a new way of governing and being governed by the old concepts of Governance and Good Government, nowadays more relevant than ever. Although it is still in an experimental stage, this kind of participative instruments will show its potential effects and weaknesses for the intended aim. The Italian experience will be mainly the thread for this analysis.

Published online: 22 December 2015

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Published
2015-12-22
How to Cite
Corchete Martí, María José. 2015. “Citizen Participation in Public Affairs and Its Contribution to the Quality of Democracy. Reflections With Regards to Some Participative Experiences”. Estudios De Deusto 63 (2), 81-109. https://doi.org/10.18543/ed-63(2)-2015pp81-109.
Issue
Vol. 63 No. 2 (2015)
Section
Studies

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