| Journal: | Revista del CLAD Reforma y democracia |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000379837 |
| ISSN: | 1315-2378 |
| Authors: | Tavares, Antonio F1 Rodrigues, Miguel2 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade do Minho, Escola de Economia e Gestao, Braga. Portugal 2Instituto Politecnico de Braganca, Escola Superior de Comunicacao, Administracao e Turismo, Braganca. Portugal |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Season: | Feb |
| Number: | 55 |
| Pages: | 141-172 |
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Language: | Español |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| Spanish abstract | Este artículo identifica instrumentos de participación proporcionados por los gobiernos locales a sus ciudadanos e investiga los posibles trade-off entre la participación política y la administrativa. Los instrumentos de participación política considerados son las consultas públicas, referendos locales, presupuestos participativos, reuniones informales, foros de discusión/chats on-line y las comisiones de estudio. Los de participación administrativa incluyen oficinas de atención al ciudadano, sistema on-line de apoyo a los ciudadanos, sistema electrónico de gestión de los reclamos y de monitoreo y seguimiento de los procesos, libro de reclamos y encuestas sobre la calidad de la prestación de servicios.. |
| English abstract | This project identifies a series of participation mechanisms provided by local governments to their citizens and investigates possible tradeoffs between political and administrative participation. The instruments of political participation included in the analysis are public hearings, local referendums, participatory budgets, informal contacts, discussion forums/on-line chats, and the formation of study circles. The mechanisms of administrative participation include one-stop shops, helpline on-line, electronic complaint systems, e-systems for monitoring processes, complaints books, and service quality surveys. This article employs a theoretical model that includes the mayor’s perceptions regarding participation and accountability, the local stakeholders, and socioeconomic contextual factors to explain instrument choices. Its central hypothesis is derived from the Waldo argument and suggests that older, less educated mayors in rural communities are more politically oriented, highlighting democratic values, direct information from citizens, and permanent interaction between citizen policy preferences and executive decision-making; in contrast, younger, more educated mayors in urban jurisdiction fit a service-oriented profile, stressing efficiency as the main goal and the role of local governments in streamlining the provision of local public goods.. |
| Disciplines: | Ciencia política |
| Keyword: | Gobierno, Activismo y participación política, Portugal, Participación ciudadana, Participación política, Municipios |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
