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CASAS CARDENAS, Ernesto. Representación política y participación ciudadana en las democracias. Estud. polít. (Méx.) [online]. 2008, n.13-14-15, pp.111-127. ISSN 0185-1616.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484903e.2008.0.18761.

This article deals with political representation and mechanisms for the citizen participation in the present representative democracies. It analizes the controversy between mandate and independence from representatives towards electors, and it evaluates the impact of the participation in the representation of interests, in the solution of conflicts and in the legitimacy of the representatives.

Palavras-chave : Democracy; political representation; citizen participation; legitimacy.

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