La Ingeniería Político-Geográfica de la Democracia Participativa en la Ciudad de México: los Comités Ciudadanos / The political-geographic engineering of participatory democracy in Mexico City: Comités Ciudadanos

Authors

  • Daniel Abreu Azevedo Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
  • Lilian Susana Padilla y Sotelo Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36403/espacoaberto.2018.17854

Keywords:

Participatory Democracy, Political-Geographic Engineering, Comités Ciudadanos, Political Space, Mexico City

Abstract

Participatory democracy is the most fruitful ground within contemporary debates about democratic political systems. Inspired by Brazilian forms of participatory democracy which arose after the 1988 Constitution, Mexico City sought to rethink its mode of government by creating Participatory Budgets and Municipal Councils involving Comités Ciudadanos. The aim of this article is apply the concept of political- -geographic engineering in order to analyze the process of implementing participatory democracy in the Mexican capital and to explore differences with the Brazilian model. Based on qualitative research conducted in 2016, we argue that the new political space created lacks legitimacy and reveals the precariousness of democratic practice in Mexico City.

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Author Biography

Daniel Abreu Azevedo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM

Graduado em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, mestre e doutor em Geografia Humana pela UFRJ com estágio em doutoramento na American University (Washington D.C.). Pós-doutorado na Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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Published

2018-06-25

How to Cite

AZEVEDO, Daniel Abreu; PADILLA Y SOTELO, Lilian Susana. La Ingeniería Político-Geográfica de la Democracia Participativa en la Ciudad de México: los Comités Ciudadanos / The political-geographic engineering of participatory democracy in Mexico City: Comités Ciudadanos. Espaço Aberto, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, v. 8, n. 1, p. 7–24, 2018. DOI: 10.36403/espacoaberto.2018.17854. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/17854. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018): Janeiro/Junho - Artigos regulares

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