Quinto Poder y su impacto sobre la participación ciudadana en el Ecuador desde la expedición de la Constitución del 2008
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In Ecuador, the 2008 Constitution restructured the State power generating a substantial change in the citizen participation and the development of the civil society. This research studies the impact of the creation of the Council for Public Participation and Social Control (CPPCS), under a fifth state Power called Transparency and Social Control Function (FTCS), on citizen participation since the adoption of the 2008 Constitution. The study was conducted through a deep analysis of the doctrine, the Ecuadorian and foreign law, the vision of civil society actors, as well as a quantitative investigation. I found that the new constitutional design, altering the tripartite separation of powers, had a pernicious effect on the public participation of citizens in the Ecuadorian democracy. A shift on the concept of participation and a shake-up of the distribution of powers prompted a progressive process of institutionalization and co-optation of the civil society in the State. This system created a risk to the independence and autonomy of social movements, considered by the governing power as suitable actors to legitimize a political project.
Authors: Serrano Tamayo, Martín Roberto
Language: Spanish
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2242039955