From the capillarity of the representative system: reinvigorating legitimacy in contemporary democracies
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Título da fonte: | Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) |
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Resumo: | The objective of this article is to reopen the debate over the crisis of legitimacy in representative democracies, occasioned as much by the incapacity of representatives to provide adequate responses to the demands of the population, as by the reproduction of vicious cycles in the institutional sphere. In this sense, the creation of mechanisms for the direct intervention of the population in the distribution of public policy has been considered a solution to the said crisis of legitimacy, in the sense that it broadens the perception of the representatives in relation to the objective reality of the governed, while it allows the consolidation of virtuous cycles in the public sphere through the workings of multiple instances of social control. The article also presents a discussion of the experience of the Participatory Budget in Porto Alegre (RS), used here as a testing ground for the proposals outlined above. Key words: Democracy; Political representation; Democratic legitimacy; state-society relations; Accountability; Participatory Budget. |
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From the capillarity of the representative system: reinvigorating legitimacy in contemporary democraciesDa Capilaridade do Sistema Representativo: em busca da legitimidade nas democracias contemporâneasThe objective of this article is to reopen the debate over the crisis of legitimacy in representative democracies, occasioned as much by the incapacity of representatives to provide adequate responses to the demands of the population, as by the reproduction of vicious cycles in the institutional sphere. In this sense, the creation of mechanisms for the direct intervention of the population in the distribution of public policy has been considered a solution to the said crisis of legitimacy, in the sense that it broadens the perception of the representatives in relation to the objective reality of the governed, while it allows the consolidation of virtuous cycles in the public sphere through the workings of multiple instances of social control. The article also presents a discussion of the experience of the Participatory Budget in Porto Alegre (RS), used here as a testing ground for the proposals outlined above. Key words: Democracy; Political representation; Democratic legitimacy; state-society relations; Accountability; Participatory Budget.O objetivo deste artigo é recuperar o debate acerca da crise de legitimidade das democracias representativas, ocasionada tanto pela incapacidade dos representantes de fornecer respostas adequadas às demandas da população, quanto pela reprodução de ciclos viciosos na esfera institucional. Nesse sentido, a criação de mecanismos de intervenção direta da população sobre a distribuição de políticas públicas tem sido encarada como solução para a referida crise de legitimidade, na medida em que amplia a percepção dos representantes com relação à realidade objetiva dos governados, assim como admite a instauração de ciclos virtuosos na esfera pública através do funcionamento de múltiplas instâncias de controle social. O artigo apresenta ainda uma discussão acerca da experiência do Orçamento Participativo de Porto Alegre (RS), utilizado como fonte de evidências para o teste das proposições acima mencionadas. Palavras-chave: Democracia; Representação política; Legitimidade democrática; Relações Estado-Sociedade; Accountability; Orçamento Participativo.Editora da Pucrs - ediPUCRS2006-12-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/1310.15448/1984-7289.2004.2.13Civitas: journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 4 No. 2 (2004): Democracy and new forms of political participation; 235-256Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 4 Núm. 2 (2004): Democracia e novas formas de participação política; 235-256Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 4 n. 2 (2004): Democracia e novas formas de participação política; 235-2561984-72891519-608910.15448/1984-7289.2004.2reponame:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/13/7065Copyright (c) 2016 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociaishttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDias, Marcia Ribeiro2016-08-29T19:57:56Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/13Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/oaiPRIhttp://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/oaicivitas@pucrs.br1984-72891519-6089opendoar:2016-08-29T19:57:56Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false |
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From the capillarity of the representative system: reinvigorating legitimacy in contemporary democracies Da Capilaridade do Sistema Representativo: em busca da legitimidade nas democracias contemporâneas |
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From the capillarity of the representative system: reinvigorating legitimacy in contemporary democracies |
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From the capillarity of the representative system: reinvigorating legitimacy in contemporary democracies Dias, Marcia Ribeiro |
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From the capillarity of the representative system: reinvigorating legitimacy in contemporary democracies |
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From the capillarity of the representative system: reinvigorating legitimacy in contemporary democracies |
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Dias, Marcia Ribeiro |
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The objective of this article is to reopen the debate over the crisis of legitimacy in representative democracies, occasioned as much by the incapacity of representatives to provide adequate responses to the demands of the population, as by the reproduction of vicious cycles in the institutional sphere. In this sense, the creation of mechanisms for the direct intervention of the population in the distribution of public policy has been considered a solution to the said crisis of legitimacy, in the sense that it broadens the perception of the representatives in relation to the objective reality of the governed, while it allows the consolidation of virtuous cycles in the public sphere through the workings of multiple instances of social control. The article also presents a discussion of the experience of the Participatory Budget in Porto Alegre (RS), used here as a testing ground for the proposals outlined above. Key words: Democracy; Political representation; Democratic legitimacy; state-society relations; Accountability; Participatory Budget. |
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