Uma perspectiva comparada acerca da (não) efetividade da democracia local no Brasil e em Portugal

Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas

Matheus Passos Silva¹ 

[1] Universidade de Lisboa

关键词: democracia;    representação;    cidadania;    dever fundamental;    Brasil;    Portugal;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Centro Universitario de Brasilia

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this article is to make a comparative analysis betweenPortuguese and Brazilian legislation concerning the exercise of politicalpower by citizens at the local level. The adopted perspective is that citizens’political participation should be expanded beyond the election time by theso-called active citizenship. The first part presents a theoretical definition of the concept of democracy, emphasizing the definition of this concept by Italian jurist Norberto Bobbio. Inthe second part it is shown the main failures of representative democracy in its current model. Finally, thethird part consists of an analysis of the Portuguese and Brazilian law which concluded that in both cases,despite the existence of legal provision for the political activity of citizens, the same does not occur. To solvethis problem, it is suggested the legal redefinition of the concept of citizenship towards to what is calledactive citizenship, which gives the citizen not only the right to participate but also the duty to do so. The articleis based on an eminently literature methodology, with the presentation of theoretical concepts on the topicsanalyzed, as well as statistics which show that the current model, essentially based exclusively on the electoralrepresentation, generates detachment of the citizen from the res publica. The theme is particularly relevantwhen considering the current context of political representation, in which new forms of citizen participationare presented as necessary given the real disenchantment with the existing politics in most Western societies.

【 授权许可】

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