Civic participation at the local level: community plebiscites and direct election of Regional Councilors

Published 2023-06-07
Section Research Articles

Authors

  • Ana María Silva Jiménez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7770/rchdcp-V5N3-art863

Keywords:

Citizen Participation, semi-direct democracy, communal plebiscites, Regional Councilors

Abstract

Society demands ever more opportunities for civic participation.
These, obviously, should occur at the local and regional level. Therefore,
this paper is a review of the legislation on citizen participation, namely
‘communal plebiscites’, and direct election of Regional Councilors.

Author Biography

Ana María Silva Jiménez

Abogado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Máster en derecho (LLM)  Universidad de Georgetown, USA. Académico Universidad Santo Tomás Sede Temuco y UNAP sede Victoria. Dirección: Rodríguez 060, Escuela de Derecho, Universidad Santo Tomás, Temuco.

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Revista Chilena de Derecho y Ciencia Política

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

La Revista de Derecho y Ciencia Política por Universidad Católica de Temuco se encuentra bajo una Licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0)