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Author Delamaza, Gonzalo, author.

Title Enhancing democracy : public policies and citizen participation in Chile / Gonzalo Delamaza
Published New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages)
Series CEDLA Latin America studies ; volume 104
Latin America studies ; v. 104.
Contents Introduction : the question of democracy in a democratic society -- Construction of democracy, public policies and participation of civil society -- Chile : top-down modernization and low intensity re-democratization -- Social policy agendas in the transition to democracy -- Civil society, public policy networks and participatory initiatives -- From the civil society to the state : a new elite is born? -- Conclusion : participation and public policies in the Chilean democratic process
Summary Since the end of the Pinochet regime, Chilean public policy has sought to rebuild democratic governance in the country. This book examines the links between the state and civil society in Chile and the ways social policies have sought to ensure the inclusion of the poor in society and democracy. Although Chile has gained political stability and grown economically, the ability of social policies to expand democratic governance and participation has proved limited, and in fact such policies have become subordinate to an elitist model of democracy and resulted in a restrictive form of citizen pa
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Political participation -- Chile
Democracy -- Chile
Civil society -- Chile
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
Civil society
Democracy
Political participation
Politics and government
Social policy
SUBJECT Chile -- Social policy
Chile -- Politics and government -- 1988- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91001579
Subject Chile
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781782385479
1782385479