Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: For some time now, development agencies promote democratic values as part of their institutional policies. Inspired by Armatya Sen, they value public debate as a basic aliy of development policíes and projects. The author studies the notion of deliberative democracy (Habermas) to stake out the limits of public debate in non developed countries. He anaIyzes the case of the Citizen Forum in the Dominican Republic to iliustrate his point.
Author: S J Pablo Mella
Institution: Instituto Superior Pedro Francisco Bonó
Language: Spanish
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3192575615
