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Intermediation and Representation in Latin America


Intermediation and Representation in Latin America

Actors and Roles Beyond Elections
Studies of the Americas

von: Gisela Zaremberg, Valeria Guarneros-Meza, Adrián Gurza Lavalle

96,29 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 06.03.2017
ISBN/EAN: 9783319515380
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This book shows how the introduction of &nbsp;intermediation is relevant in studying political and public policy processes, as they are increasingly accompanied by grey spaces in public and non-public arenas that cannot be categorized as purely representative or purely participative. Instead, ‘hybrid’ mechanisms are developing in the policy-making process, which bring in new actors who either are unelected while being required to represent or advocate for the common good of others or are directly elected but challenged by identity/rights-based issues of the people they are required to act in the best interest of. By proposing a conceptual frame on intermediation and addressing five different Latin American countries and a wide range of case studies —from human rights, labour relations, neighbourhood management, municipal bureaucracies, social accountability, to complex national systems of citizen participation—this volume shows the versatility and validity of a tridimensional frame,&nbsp;the “cube of political intermediation” (CPI) as a tool for analysing public policy and understanding contemporary democratic innovation in Latin America.&nbsp;<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><div><br></div>
<div>1. Introduction. Beyond Elections: Representation Circuits and Political Intermediation .-&nbsp;2. Political Intermediation and Public Policy in Brazil: Councils and Conferences in the Policy Spheres of Health and Women’s Rights .-&nbsp;3. Establishing Intermediaries in Developing Mechanisms of Citizen&nbsp;Participation in La Silsa, Caracas, Venezuela .-&nbsp;4. Political Rights and Intermediation: Municipal Decentralization and Democratic Innovation in Uruguay .-&nbsp;5. Bolivia: “Social Control” as the Fourth State Power 1994-2015 .-&nbsp;6. Citizen Security in Mexico: Examining Municipal Bureaucracy From the View of the Intermediation-Representation Debate .-&nbsp;7. Conflicts of Representation and Redistribution in the Mexican Labour World .-&nbsp;8. The Political-Legal Representation Circuit of Human Rights Politics .- 9. Conclusions and Future Research Agenda.</div>
<p><b>Gisela Zaremberg </b>is Research Professor at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Mexico.</p><p><b>Valeria Guarneros-Meza </b>is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy at De Montfort University, UK.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Adrian Gurza-Lavalle </b>is Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of São Paulo, Brazil.</p><div><br></div>
<div>This book shows how the introduction of intermediation is relevant in studying public policy processes, as they are increasingly accompanied by grey spaces in public and non-public arenas that cannot be categorized as purely representative or purely participative. Instead, ‘hybrid’ mechanisms are developing in the policy-making process, which bring in new actors who either are unelected while being required to represent or advocate for the common good of others or are directly elected but challenged by identity/rights-based issues of the people they are required to act in the best interest of. By addressing five different Latin American countries and a wide range of case studies—from human rights, labour relations, neighbourhood management, municipal bureaucracies, social accountability, to complex national systems of citizen participation—this volume shows the versatility and validity of CIP as a tool for analysing public policy and understanding contemporary democratic innovation in Latin America.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
Presents the findings of an eight-year study, drawing on case studies of intermediation and representation in Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Uraguay and Venezuela Offers a distinctive approach to filling the research gap in political intermediation by developing a framework, that unpacks different understandings of ‘indirectedness’ as an intrinsic feature of politics Formulates, applies and assesses a tridimensional model of political intermediation, represented through the 'cube of political intermediation', and suggests how interdisciplinary approaches can provide ideas for overcoming analytical and methodological challenges
<p>“While a growing body of literature focuses on formal and informal institutions, this is one of the first books to attempt to systematically understand how they are inter-related. Elections are important, but they are hardly the only mechanism through which the interests of different actors are mediated. The volume captures these mechanisms graphically in a ‘cube of political intermediation (CPI)’ and through ‘circuits of political representation,’ providing an original theoretical model for understanding the multidimensional nature of politics.” (Philip Oxhorn, Professor of Political Science, McGill University, Canada)</p>

<p>“This book goes beyond the most frequent focus on institutions of democratic innovation to analyze how 'political intermediation' works within different political settings considering institutions (e.g.councils, committees) as well as social organizations (e.g. human rights and labor organizations) and people (e.g. civil servants). The novelty of this volumelies in the concept of ‘circuits of representation’ and the cube of political intermediation (CPI), an analytical framework applied to the study of a selection of Latin America cases.” (Yanina Welp, Regional Director for LA, C2D - Centre for Research on Direct Democracy)</p>

<p>“This conceptually innovative book offers fresh ideas about Latin American politics and insightful analyses of democratic innovations in the region.&nbsp; The authors enrich our understanding of institutions often explored through the lenses of participation and representation by providing a new cube of political intermediation framework.&nbsp; Armed with this framework, each chapter systematically focuses on different circuits of representation in Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Venezuela, giving readers novel perspectives on unions, community councils, public security, civil society organizations, and public servants dedicated to health, human rights, and women’s rights.” (Benjamin Goldfrank, AssociateProfessor and Chair, Seton Hall University)</p>