Participacion politica, partidos y nuevos movimientos sociales

In: Revista mexicana de ciencias políticas y sociales, Band 47, Heft 194, S. 103-135

Abstract

The content of the following pages is an overview over some particular issues regarding political action & political representation in contemporary democracies. Both, seminal & recent contributions have been taken into account in order to elaborate this overview on the recent developments of the types & repertory of political action, & of the mechanisms to represent social interests & participation. The conclusion is an optimistic greeting to new forms of political action & repertory of differentiated representation mechanisms, as well as to the diversification of spheres & fields where political action can, nowadays, be developed. The plurality, compatibility & simultaneous presence of these diversified & differentiated fields & mechanisms do not represent a threat for representative democratic systems, but, on the contrary, it must be seen & can act as a potential force for the improvement of oxidized democratic processes & structures. Adapted from the source document.