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Accountability Politics: Power and Voice in Rural Mexico
Author(s) -
HELLMAN JUDITH ADLER
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of agrarian change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1471-0366
pISSN - 1471-0358
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2009.00219.x
Subject(s) - politics , power (physics) , citation , accountability , sociology , media studies , political science , library science , law , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics
Citizen participation in governance at the local level has long been acknowledged to play a role in improving public policies. It is seen as enhancing policies’ responsiveness to the population’s needs and their quality, as citizens make creative and innovative proposals to solve development challenges. Furthermore, these local-level mechanisms create a space for the participation of often marginalised groups, while also supporting democratic deepening overall. In the last two decades, many countries in Latin America have experimented with new mechanisms to foster citizen participation. The following publications analyse the experience of Latin American countries in implementing these participation mechanisms at the local level. SPOTLIGHT ON PUBLICATIONS: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN LATIN AMERICA