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The criticism that ordinary voters lack the necessary competence to make policy decisions persists despite the growth, popularity and implementation of direct democratic instruments throughout the democratic world. This article presents a novel measure of voters' levels of justification as a possible, policy-specific, conceptualization of citizen competence in direct democracy. Using a unique dataset based on thirty-four ballot decisions in Switzerland, the study analyses the levels and correlates of citizen competence. The main findings are, first, that most voters do understand arguments about policies. Secondly, the political contextas well asindividual resources are important in determining voters' competence. Finally, with regard to individual resources, motivation is strongly associated with justification levels, while the effect of ability is smaller than expected.

A research report, this paper analyses the formation on citizen competences among university students, from a sample of 252 students in Bogotá D.C., Colombia. This is made through the design of a Likert questionnaire to analyse 4 categories: participatory democracy, social responsibility, the concept of person and human rights awareness. A lack of clarity in the concepts of State, Social State of Law, democracy, and person, among others was evidenced. Similarly, it was determined the importance of establishing clear criteria on a humanist, citizen and political university formation, as well as to create spaces in the classroom to ponder upon the categories studied in the personal and social levels. ; El presente artículo producto de la investigación analiza la formación en competencias ciudadanas en estudiantes universitarios, utilizando una muestra de 252 estudiantes en Bogotá D.C, Colombia, mediante el diseño de un cuestionario tipo Likert para el análisis de cuatro categorías: democracia participativa, responsabilidad social, concepto de persona y reconocimiento de los derechos humanos. Se evidenció falta de claridad en los conceptos de Estado, Estado Social de Derecho, democracia y persona, derechos humanos, entre otros. Así mismo, se determinó la importancia de establecer criterios claros de formación universitaria humanista, ciudadana y política en pregrado y posgrado y a la vez de crear espacios en el aula para la reflexión personal y social en torno a las categorías estudiadas.

Citizen competence in a democratic society is perceived as an essential mechanism for promoting political accountability in local governance. This paper, thus, qualitatively investigates the relationship between citizen competence and political accountability in Uganda's local governance system across two discrete political regimes, during the post-independence period. Using an in-depth explorative design, it was established that citizens in both regimes were largely inarticulate, disengaged and uninvolved in determining local preferences, suggesting minimal link between citizen competence and the propensity to promote political accountability at district level. The data suggested that citizen competence was less influential in district politics for the greater part of the post-colonial period. Nonetheless, there were also episodes where citizens actively participated in enforcing political accountability at the grassroots under multiparty politics in both the Obote II and NRM regimes, with slight variations in the intensity and pattern between the two periods. Thus, the level of citizen competence and nature of local governance in Uganda mirror the political accountability practices at the local level, mainly shaped by civic challenges and the character of politics in Uganda during the periods studied regardless of differences and longevity. The paper recommended deliberate state intervention for mobilization of citizens and the establishment of state-engineered dynamic social networks to generate capacity for holding local leaders accountable and more empowered civil society to construct robust citizen competence programmes to foster political accountability.

This article explains the importance of knowledge and development of citizenship skills in a community, as a basis for citizen participation in government and local government, a source of social and economic development; In addition, it presents a proposal for training in this topic as a case study, carried out in the municipality of Zipaquirá - Cundinamarca; with the participation of a group of leaders of the municipality, guided by teachers and students of the University Unicoc. The information presented is part of the results of the research carried out by Unicoc's socio-juridical research group. ; El presente artículo, expone la importancia del conocimiento y desarrollo de las competencias ciudadanas en una comunidad, como base de la participación ciudadana en el gobierno y administración pública local, fuente de desarrollo social y económica; además, presenta una propuesta de capacitación en este tema como estudio de caso, realizada en el municipio de Zipaquirá – Cundinamarca; con la participación de un grupo de líderes del municipio, orientados por docentes y estudiantes de la Institución Universitaria Colegios de Colombia – Unicoc. La información que se presenta, hace parte de los resultados de la investigación realizada por el grupo de investigación sociojurídica de Unicoc.

Citizen competences are considered as a fundamental aspect in the social development of man with his environment, which allows him to carry out actions that are articulated with the different guidelines established by law, which leads the citizen to live in a coherent and peaceful way in a nation that tends for freedom of thought framed in a democratic society. That is why it is considered of high importance that in educational establishments there are spaces that tend for training in peaceful coexistence framed in the law of the educated. This article resulted from the research project: "Social Appropriation of citizen and mathematical competences making use of MIDTablets", in which the mediation of Information and Communication Technologies is proposed to support the training of citizens with competences citizens who ensure adequate behavior in society. This project was developed in 31 educational institutions in the district of Barranquilla-Colombia, with support from resources of both the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (MinTic), and the Secretariat of District Education of Barranquilla, in compliance with national goals, departmental and district regarding the quality of education of the national population

Objective: To strengthen citizenship skills through critical reading in university education. Methodology: The methodological design was framed in a systematic and empirical investigation. The students of the Political Constitution and Textual Construction courses at the University of the Costa were taken as a sample. The findings found through the surveys evidenced the existing shortcomings in the interpretation of the components of citizen competence. Results and conclusions: The result of this research can be summarized in that the educational community, object of study, welcomes the initiative to strengthen citizen competencies and critical reading based on a didactic strategy. ; Objetivo: Fortalecer las competencias ciudadanas a través de la lectura crítica en la educación universitaria. Metodología: El diseño metodológico se enmarcó en una investigación sistemática y empírica. Se tomó como muestra a los estudiantes de las asignaturas de Constitución Política y Construcción Textual en de la Universidad de la Costa. Los hallazgos encontrados a través de las encuestas, evidenciaron las falencias existentes en cuanto a la interpretación de los componentes de la competencia ciudadana. Resultados y conclusiones: El resultado de esta investigación, puede ser resumido en que la comunidad educativa, objeto de estudio, recibe con beneplácito la iniciativa de fortalecer las competencias ciudadanas y la lectura crítica a partir de una estrategia didáctica.

A critical analysis of the official proposal of the Colombian State on political education based on the formation of citizen competencies is presented. This is done a brief account of political education in Colombia, then this proposal is analyzed in the context of the global context, to finally present some conclusions on the need to move forward, not only in the formation of citizens from school , but in the transformation of schools into truly democratic scenarios. ; Se presenta un análisis crítico de la propuesta oficial del Estado colombiano sobre educación política fundamentada en la formación de competencias ciudadanas. Para ello se hace un breve recuento de la educación política en Colombia, luego se analiza esta propuesta en el marco del contexto mundial, para, finalmente, presentar algunas conclusiones sobre la necesidad de seguir avanzando, no sólo en la formación de ciudadanos desde la escuela, sino en la transformación de las escuelas en escenarios realmente democráticos.

Are citizens willing to tolerate violations of democratic rules and norms by competent political leaders? I examine this question employing well-powered conjoint experiments in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Mexico, and South Korea. The findings yield good as well as bad news for democracy. I find that undemocratic behavior by political candidates decreases voter support, whereas candidate competence increases support. Contrary to expectations, the effects of undemocratic behavior and competence do not interact. This means that competent candidates are sanctioned for violating democratic principles but also that support for undemocratic candidates increases with their competence. These findings can help explain the successes and failures of undemocratic political leaders around the world: although these leaders can gain support by appearing to be competent, competence does not make citizens tolerate undemocratic behavior entirely.