The Role of Participation and Representation for Democratic Criticism

Authors

  • Ernesto Isunza Vera Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social-Golfo
  • Adrián Gurza Lavalle Centro de Estudios de la Metrópolis, Centro Brasileño de Análisis y Planeación, Departamento de Ciencia Política

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29340/49.1501

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Abstract

Since the end of Cold War there has been a surprising two-fold conceptual shift with deep consequences on our understanding of democratic innovation. Participation and representation lost their stable opposed positions within democratic theory, performing new analytical roles. We argue that the opposition of both concepts was closely related to historical circumstances that are not any longer in place. New circumstances have allowed the analitic dissociation between representation and representative government, and new and more precise definitions of participation to understand democratic innovation experiences.

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Published

2015-09-15

How to Cite

The Role of Participation and Representation for Democratic Criticism. (2015). Desacatos. Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 49, 10-27. https://doi.org/10.29340/49.1501