From the Law Books to the Public Place: Law, Representation, Participation and Full Citizenship

This document presents a general reflection on some core issues of the current debate about political participation in a complex society by identifying those political practices that directly affect representation and the representativeness of electoral systems, and in particular, the negative effec...

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Autor: Nava Gomar, Salvador O.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Revista Mexicana de Derecho Electoral
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/10049
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/derecho-electoral/article/view/10049
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:electoral law
political representation
electoral system
clientelism
citizen participation
derecho electoral
representación política
sistema electoral
clientelismo
participación ciudadana
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Sumario:This document presents a general reflection on some core issues of the current debate about political participation in a complex society by identifying those political practices that directly affect representation and the representativeness of electoral systems, and in particular, the negative effects of clientelism, given the need to re-think the current political representation model, toward another one that encourages citizen participation and the setting of instruments to achieve an effective guarantee of human rights within a context of promoting a more democratic and evolving culture.