Enhancing Democracy

Public Policies and Citizen Participation in Chile
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-546-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 104, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 602 g

Reihe: CEDLA Latin America Studies

Since the end of the Pinochet regime, Chilean public policy has sought to rebuild democratic governance in the country. This book examines the links between the state and civil society in Chile and the ways social policies have sought to ensure the inclusion of the poor in society and democracy. Although Chile has gained political stability and grown economically, the ability of social policies to expand democratic governance and participation has proved limited, and in fact such policies have become subordinate to an elitist model of democracy and resulted in a restrictive form of citizen participation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delamaza, Gonzalo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Acronyms

Introduction: The Question of Democracy in a Democratic Society

Chapter 1. Construction of Democracy, Public Policies and Participation of Civil Society

Chapter 2. Chile: Top-Down Modernization and Low Intensity Re-Democratization

Chapter 3. Social Policy Agendas in the Transition to Democracy

Chapter 4. Civil Society, Public Policy Networks and Participatory Initiatives

Chapter 5. From the Civil Society to the State: A New Elite is Born?

Conclusion: Participation and Public Policies in the Chilean Democratic Process

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Delamaza, Gonzalo
Gonzalo Delamaza is a Chilean sociologist and Professor at the University of Los Lagos, Chile. He has actively participated in the design and evaluation of many social programs implemented by NGOs in cooperation with the Chilean government. He is the author of several books and articles on public policy and democracy in Chile, including Tan lejos tan cerca: políticas públicas y sociedad civil en Chile (2005).