Resumen

JOUVE, Bernard. La democracia local: entre el espejismo neotocquevillista y la globalización. Rev. cienc. polít. (Santiago) [online]. 2004, vol.24, n.2, pp.116-132. ISSN 0718-090X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-090X2004000200006.

Since the early nineties, the literature on governance and local government has grown exponentially. In a context of deep transformations of the State in Western democracies and an evident distrust of civil society towards the political sphere, the local dimension is considered the matrix from which it is possible to rebuild, with a smaller attention on political personages, a political bond centered on a participative agenda. The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of participative democracy in the transformation of the political order. In doing so, it inquires on the central character of the elected representatives on the scope of policies and transformation of citizenship.

Palabras clave : Governance; Local Democracy; Citizenship; Political Participation; Empowerment.

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