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DELHUMEAU RIVERA, Sheila. El Programa de Apoyo Financiero a Organismos de la Sociedad Civil en Tijuana: la construcción de la relación entre la sociedad civil y el gobierno municipal a partir de la alternancia política. Estud. front [online]. 2008, vol.9, n.18, pp.71-93. ISSN 2395-9134.

This document analyzes the relations between society and government that took place with the Financial Aid to Civil Society Organizations Program in Tijuana. The decentralization process of social policy in Mexico is revised as the context in which new programs and initiatives are developed promoting a stronger participation of the society in the policy process. The reflection on the social policy of the National Action Party in Baja California since 1989, has lead us to see the new challenges that the Financial Aid to Civil Society Organizations Program presents to the local and state government and the social organizations.

Palavras-chave : civil society organizations; social policy; local government; citizen participation; decentralization.