Enhancing Democracy : : Public Policies and Citizen Participation in Chile / / Gonzalo Delamaza.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Delamaza, Gonzalo,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: CEDLA Latin America Studies ; 104
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; Acknowledgements --; List of Abbreviations --; Introduction. The Question of Democracy in a Democratic Society --; Chapter 1. Construction of Democracy, Public Policy and Civil Society’s Participation --; Chapter 2. Chile: Top-down Modernization and Low-intensity Re-democratization --; Chapter 3. Social Policy Agendas in the Transition to Democracy --; Chapter 4. Civil Society, Public Policy Networks and Participatory Initiatives --; Chapter 5. From Civil Society to the State: A New Elite Is Born? --; Conclusion. Participation and Public Policies in the Chilean Democratic Process --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781782385479; 9783110998238
• DOI: 10.1515/9781782385479
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gonzalo Delamaza.

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 participation.