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Título del libro: Claiming And Contesting Representation In Mexico: Meanings, Practices And Settings
Título del capítulo: Paths to Agreement in Participatory Democracy: Three Cases in Yucatan

Autores UNAM:
MARIA CRISTINA PUGA ESPINOSA;
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Año de publicación:
2024
Palabras clave:

Economic and social effects; Sociology; Civil society; Civil society in mexico; Effective representative claim; Government in yucatan; Me-xico; Political participations; Representing culture; Social movement in mexico; Social movements; Yucatan; Public policy


Resumen:

At the local level of Mexican politics, civil society still finds ways to influence governments and become part of important decisions. In several Mexican cities, large and small, civil society participation has enriched public affairs, showing that effective collaboration among sectors is possible. This chapter deals with three examples of such collaboration in the past two decades from the State of Yucatán, where government and civil society can boast several experiences that have united different actors to confront local problems and forge satisfactory solutions. Although some severe social conflicts in the state reflect the country?s prevailing problems of representation and participation, those processes also exhibit elements that are important for plural collaboration between government and society, such as good leadership, development of communicative abilities, and use of networks. A favourable political context and well-designed political strategies from demanding actors have been particularly important. The chapter reports evidence from three empirical case studies that a democratic culture-building process has become rooted in Yucatán with more speed and strength than in many other parts of the country. This includes the multiplication of civil society organizations and governments? positive disposition to engage in collaboration with social actors. © 2024 Bristol University Press.


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