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Participative democracy is, more than ever, a constant work-in-progress and an ever challenging dilemma both for citizens and the civil community and also for political elites and democratic governments. One of the core questions to address is on which side to be: on ‘their’ side, the side of the p...

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Udgivet i:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cp,
Hovedforfatter: Santo, Paula Espírito
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:eng
Udgivet: Comunicação pública 2015
Online adgang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:Participative democracy is, more than ever, a constant work-in-progress and an ever challenging dilemma both for citizens and the civil community and also for political elites and democratic governments. One of the core questions to address is on which side to be: on ‘their’ side, the side of the power elites, cooperating with them, or on the ‘other’ side, the side of the people and of civil society, growingly critical and suspicious about the status quo system and its elites. This special i...