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In recent years, municipal digitization has undergone accelerated evolution and development, accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic period. Thus, the public administration has sought to improve, digitally, channels of communication, transparency, and participation with citizens. This research article is based on 23 interviews with different professionals working in City Councils, aiming to analyze, through a qualitative methodology, the new digital spaces for communication and participation that are being developed, as well as forums for meeting and training that, at the local level, seek to promote citizen participation and establish the foundations of an increasingly solid, participatory, and supportive community. Similarly, it delves into aspects related to changes and initiatives in citizen service during the COVID-19 pandemic era, their current evolution and future prospects, as well as the positive and negative aspects of municipal digitization in relation to socioeducational development in municipal contexts and citizen participation. The main results highlight the importance of training in digital skills, generating more efficient channels for information and citizen participation, and the problems associated with the digital divide, especially among older people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Faced with State inefficiency in housing provision, the occupation of the Cambridge Hotel, located on the outskirts of São Paulo’s city center, was used as a case study to identify possibilities in the struggle for social housing. The building, initially a hotel built in the 1950s, closed in 2002, was expropriated in 2011, and occupied by the Downtown Homeless Movement (Movimento Sem Teto do Centro) in 2012. The movement, after social tensions and participation in participatory councils, obtained the donation of the property and its license in a federal requalification program. Through qualitative analysis of the housing deficit in Brazil, characterized by the excessive burden of rents and the precariousness of real estate, in contrast to housing policies focused on the production of units through development programs in peripheral locations, it is understood that the analysis of the determining factors for the case study’s feasibility can contribute to the discussion of government policies and actions. The methodology, based on the procedural field, observational methods, and literature review in the logical field, was structured in dialectical and inductive methods for the research, systematization, and critical analysis of bibliographic and documentary references and, in empirical processes, in the qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews and onsite visits. It was concluded that the power of dialogue and formation of the movement’s networks and its strategy, based on surrounding itself with actors that solidify its struggle, contributed to the viability of the Cambridge Hotel as a residential property. Based on the data analyzed, it is also argued that the participation of municipalities is undeniable in enabling the provision of housing in central areas. However, considering the hegemonic bias identified, the political action of social movements and the participation of academia in its instrumentalization are essential to strengthen the Capital-State relationship and enable the collation of territorial policies that the right to the city contemplates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: To analyze stakeholders’ perceptions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on citizen participation in Spain and identify the factors influencing the assessment of its severity. This analysis is based on information from two research projects on local citizen participation, modified after the WHO declared the pandemic to include this new context. Methodology: Mixed research methods were used. Quantitative data was collected through web surveys directed at those responsible for citizen participation in municipalities with more than 1,000 inhabitants in Andalusia and Madrid, as well as members of Andalusian advisory councils. Qualitative information was obtained through semi-structured interviews with key informants from the selected case studies. Results: The pandemic interrupted or shifted initiatives to an online format. The perceived severity of the impact is more pronounced in municipalities with greater resources for participation and those governed by left-wing parties. The study identifies significant obstacles to citizen participation due to the pandemic, with variations depending on local governance and resource availability. Conclusions: These findings highlight the importance of considering political and resource factors when assessing the resilience of participatory initiatives during crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: This article seeks to build bridges between two fields of inquiry and intervention that, at the level of academia and international organizations, were so far unconnected: evaluations with a human rights approach and evaluations of participatory processes. Within this framework, we aimed to build criteria and indicators to evaluate the institutional mechanisms of citizen participation from a human rights perspective. Methodology: We carry out a theoretical and normative review through which we identify the defining characteristics of evaluations with a human rights approach and how to apply them in the evaluation of participatory mechanisms. Results: We develop a conceptual and operational framework to evaluate citizen participation mechanisms from human rights standards and dimensions and we build a matrix of indicators (quantitative and qualitative; objective and subjective; of structure, processes and results) that will allow to incorporate different sources and perspectives into the evaluation of these experiences. Conclusions: These criteria and indicators aim to contribute to international monitoring processes referring to the right to citizen participation and serve the purposes of citizenship to demonstrate and claim in cases of non-compliance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyzes the constitutional implications of the future validity of the Escazú Agreement (Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean) in the legal Peruvian system. Second, this article analyzes whether there is consistency between the content of this regional treaty on environmental procedural rights and what is prescribed by the Constitution of Peru. This implies analyzing a series of constitutional principles associated with the Ecological Constitution, the principle of sustainability, the fundamental right to enjoy a healthy environment and the constitutional design of state environmental tasks. Through a documentary analysis of normative, jurisprudential and doctrinal sources on environmental matters, environmental procedural rights are described and their consistency at the level of constitutional regulation with other constitutional goods, such as economic freedoms, is analyzed. Finally, Peru faces various political challenges to improve the public management of its natural resources and thereby define its own model of environmental democracy. In this sense, the Escazú Agreement represents a challenge as well as an opportunity to give greater legitimacy to the planning of public decisions on ecosystems and the use of natural resources, and thereby avoid a possible impact on the fundamental right to a healthy environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Due to the increase in the generation of municipal solid waste and its impact on the environment and health, governments have been overburdened by its impact. Therefore, they have developed initiatives for waste disposal options in which citizens are involved. For that reason, this article aims to identify the population sector that participates in the separation of municipal solid waste and goes to the collection centers, as well as to characterize waste in three points known as Reciclacentros in the city of Hermosillo, Sonora. For this purpose, surveys were applied, selecting the respondents in a non-probabilistic way. In the characterization, the amount of waste received at each point was weighed. The data obtained were analyzed through a non-parametric Kruskal - Wallis test with 95% confidence (p<0.05). It was found that the people going to the Reciclacentros have an average monthly income of more than 30 thousand Mexican pesos, mostly young adult women between 25 and 44 years old, with the highest participation. In addition, the collection center identified as R3 presented a significantly higher difference in waste received with respect to the other collection centers in the period evaluated (23 t). Cardboard and paper, plastic, and glass are the most recovered waste in the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article aims to interpret the administrative management processes of participatory public works budgets in the Manuela Sáenz Zonal Administration in the period 2018-2023. A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology was chosen and four key informants were selected: director of Territorial Management, director of Participatory Management, a neighborhood leader and a resident, to whom a semi-structured interview was applied. The information collected was categorized and triangulated for subsequent understanding and interpretation. The findings reveal that: a) the management of participatory budgets is not being adequately focused so that the community actively participates in the works selection process, b) low level of participation of residents for the actual detection of needs and c) essential the technical training of citizens for the prioritization of works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The theory of «demoicracy» challenges the capacity of the normative frameworks of classical democracy to judge the democratic legitimacy of the EU's political system. «Demoicracy» makes the different peoples or demoi of the member states and European citizens as a whole the normative subjects of its theory, standing as a transnational third way between sovereignism and supranationalism, as both link democracy to the existence of a single demos. The questions guiding this article are: is 'demoicracy' a genuine alternative to classical theories of European integration, and can 'demoicracy' explain the European Union's recent legitimation strategies? After a thorough analysis of the normative foundations and development of the theory, it is argued that «demoicracy» does not provide an alternative to classical theories of European integration and is not able to explain recent EU legitimation strategies (in particular, deliberative innovations such as the European Citizens' Panels). In any case, «demoicracy» is useful in highlighting that the debate on democratic legitimacy in the EU must also point to relations between member states and between member states and the EU itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela establishes the State-society relationship as a transversal axis, made possible through the presence of greater spaces for citizen participation that act in the defense and guarantee of social, civil and political rights. This article identifies these spaces in the field of housing through the actions managed since the 1960s and, particularly, those carried out through the "Great Housing Mission in Venezuela". This article identifies these spaces in the field of housing through the actions managed since the sixties and, particularly, those carried out through the "Great Housing Mission Venezuela" which, without a doubt, has become a social program that promotes the emergence of new leaderships through organizational figures and the involvement of citizens in addressing collective issues that interfere and provide a better quality of life. Through a qualitative approach, with the objective of understanding the role of the citizen in this social program, an approach is presented in the identified spaces for citizen participation. This is analyzed with the understanding that participation seeks to give prominence and co-responsibility to the individual, organized communities and associative entities in the management of public affairs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent times, modernising trends towards an open state model have led to the transformation of public institutions, including parliament. This new approach is based on the axes of transparency, accountability and participation in order to improve the relationship/communication between parliament, and citizens and to strengthen its democratic legitimacy. This article aims to investigate this issue by assessing the transparency and citizen participation on the websites of the lower houses of national parliaments in Latin America to determine whether they are limited to complying with the requirements of the regulations or whether they go further and, therefore, move towards a true culture of open parliament. To address this question, an analytical framework has been generated that is composed of four dimensions (widely recognised in the academic literature) to which a series of indicators are linked: information about parliament (19 indicators); information about parliamentary organisation, functioning and activity (19 indicators); economic and contractual information (17 indicators); and communication and relationship with citizens (30 indicators). In short, the results of the research will provide a diagnosis of the situation that will help to verify that an open parliamentary style has not yet been fully established in Latin America, and also to make a series of reasonable recommendations for developing this new model of lower house. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The lack or low state transparency in public procurement procedures is one of the problems that has been affecting the citizen's right to free access to public information, in addition to generating acts of corruption, little competitiveness, lack of state legitimacy, among others. The objective of this study is to analyze the importance of the Electronic System of State Procurement (Seace) in the free access to information and transparency of public procurement procedures in Peru. The general methods of logic and the dogmatic legal method have been used. We will present a theoretical development, built based on regulations, doctrine, Peruvian jurisprudence, and comparative law. The results show that the Seace portal, through the option "Seace Public Search Engines", allows the search for information in ten different categories related to public procurement. It is concluded that the Seace has become a fundamental tool in the free access to public information. However, it presents problems since in some cases it presents damaged, incomplete, or simply non-existent information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The general objective of the article is to establish the relationship between parenting practices and citizen participation in adolescents, mediated by parental support for autonomy and life skills. Previous research indicates that parental support for autonomy is related to the development of political behaviors, and that life skills may be predictors of civic participation. In Cundinamarca, studies have been carried out on citizen participation in youth, however, these works inquired about institutions that encouraged such participation but did not address parenting practices. A mixed study was approached, using structural equation modeling and in-depth interviews. A total of 298 parents and their adolescent children, residents of three municipalities in the department of Cundinamarca, participated in the study. The results show that there is a significant relationship between parenting practices (communication) and the promotion of life skills (assertive communication, critical thinking and empathy), with greater political participation of adolescents, especially in community advocacy actions. The above allows us to point out the relevance of family variables in the study of civic behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: This article argues that, due to its characteristics, the republican citizenship model is the best alternative for promoting citizen participation in contemporary Western democracies. Objective: The purpose of the text is to analyze its advantages over other citizenship models, as well as to explain the reasons why it is considered the most appropriate approach for the theoretical and practical development of citizen participation. Method: For the elaboration of the article, the documentary research method and the argumentative analysis were used. First, the debate between the visions of representative democracy and participatory democracy is presented, to later examine the influence of the realist and idealist paradigms as political philosophical currents that underlie and sustain the main premises of each of these perspectives of democracy. Results: From the analysis, it is concluded that the republican citizenship model allows overcoming the representation-participation dichotomy, in addition to providing a more solid and congruent foundation for both the theory and the praxis of citizen involvement in public affairs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research stems from the current context where bureaucratised and commodified participation processes are on the rise, and from the demand of two groups in the city of Valencia, Cabanyal Horta and the Assemblea Feminista, to generate accessible processes of community participation. In this sense, there is a commitment to the creation of alternative narratives that favour the creation of futures through artistic mechanisms of citizen participation. On the other hand, participation cannot be analysed as a fact isolated from the structures of power, which is why, from an intersectional feminist perspective, the analysis of the participatory experience of women in these artistic experiences is approached: in a mixed and non-organised group and in a non-mixed and organised group. In this way, Feminist Action Research is used as the predominant methodology together with qualitative techniques. Some of the main results show, on the one hand, the potential of artistic interventions and their accessibility to a large part of the population. On the other hand, they point out some structural and contextual obstacles that prevent the full participation of all women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Participatory processes, practices and methodologies have reached an important level of presence, compared to past decades, in the social, academic, research and political spheres. Different aspects of social and citizen participation have been addressed and analysed, but the driving forces are not sufficiently conceptualised, defined, evaluated and categorised. Therefore, this article focuses on such a figure in order to dimension it within a broad participatory process. The emphasis is usually placed more on the application of group dynamics and qualitative or, to a lesser extent, participatory techniques, where the role of the "expert" (technical and/or academic) continues to be more important than the role assumed by the citizenry, especially the unorganised. Based on the analysis of five case studies developed over the last two decades, in which the authors have participated and which are considered revealing, an assessment and exploration is made of the figure of the driving group, what it is and what it is for, how it is integrated into a participatory process and what results it produces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present research focuses on analyzing the legal framework of citizen participation in Ecuador, with special emphasis on the popular consultation, a mechanism that allows the community of a locality, region, or nation to express their opinions definitively and bindingly on specific issues that the constituted powers or a part of the citizenry have decided to inquire from the sovereign. The main objective is to systematize the legal foundations that enable effective citizen participation in the political power of the Ecuadorian State. During the research, a detailed analysis of the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador is carried out to evaluate the normative regulation of citizens' participation rights, as well as the jurisprudential recognition established by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador. Also, updated bibliographic material is provided to establish the necessary elements regarding citizen participation as a pillar of democracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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