TY  - BOOK
AU  - Delamaza,Gonzalo
TI  - Enhancing democracy: public policies and citizen participation in Chile 
T2  - CEDLA Latin America studies
SN  - 9781782385479
AV  - JL2681 .D45 2015
U1  - 320.60983 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Berghahn
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Chile
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Participation politique
KW  - Chili
KW  - Société civile
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Essays
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Government
KW  - General
KW  - National
KW  - Reference
KW  - Political Ideologies
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social policy
KW  - 1988-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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