Democratic Deepening in Third Wave Democracies

Experiments with Participation in Mexico City

Bibliographic Data

ID6344950
AuthorsImke Harbers (0000-0003-1221-4236, Leiden University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume55
Issue1
Pages38-58
Publication date2007-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9248.2007.00644.x
OpenAlexW2122549628
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited32

After the initial transition to democratic rule the question of how to improve the quality of democracy has become the key challenge facing Third Wave democracies. In the debate about the promotion of more responsive government, institutional reforms to increase direct participation of citizens in policy-making have been put on the agenda. The Federal District of Mexico City constitutes a particularly intriguing case in this debate. This article explores how political participation developed in Mexico City between 1997 and 2003 and what effects this has had on democratic deepening. It develops an ideal-type conceptual framework of citizen participation that outlines the conditions under which participation contributes to democratic deepening. Overall, the case of Mexico City highlights how the promotion of participation can fail to make the aspired contribution to democratic deepening and might even have negative effects on the quality of democracy

Democracy · Democracy promotion · Democratization · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Ideal (ethics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Quality (philosophy · Sociology · Third wave · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Society in Latin America · Public Administration

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