Construction of Citizenship: Experience of Implementing an Index of Citizen Participation in Latin America

Author
Isidro AdรบrizPablo Ava
Corporate Author
Universidad de Salamanca
ISBN
ISSN 1130-2887
Collation
pp. 15-35
Resource Language
SpanishEnglish
Year of publication
2006
Keyword
CitizenshipDemocracyHuman rights

The aim of this paper is to establish the main conceptual and methodological lines in order to carry out an investigation about levels and forms of citizen participation. This paper is the result of the formation of a Citizen Participation Index in Latin America in its 2005 edition. It was promoted by the Inter-American Network for Democracy and implemented by the Economic and Social Research Foundation.