Abstract

SORRIBAS, Patricia Mariel  and  GARAY REYNA, Zenaida. The participation. Between participatory democracy and direct democracy. Contributions from the psychosocial approach. Polis [online]. 2014, vol.10, n.2, pp.39-69. ISSN 2594-0686.

This paper analyzes the participation (PP) means of direct action and through institutions of participatory democracy and direct democracy, designed by the state (municipal and provincial) implemented in Cordoba (Argentina). The data were surveyed on two population samples (N = 200 and N = 450) during 2010 and through surveys applied to residents (over 18 years). The approach allowed describing the membership in to different social organizations of citizens who participated in at least one of these instances participatory; know the extent and intensity of their participation, the psychosocial dimensions associated, and knowing how these dimensions are distributed among those who participated and those who not participate.

Keywords : participatory democracy; political participation; political efficacy.

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