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ALBA MERAZ, Alejandro Roberto. Citizenship and democracy. Sintaxis [online]. 2024, n.13, pp.121-144.  Epub 12-Mayo-2025. ISSN 2594-1682.  https://doi.org/10.36105/stx.2024n13.08.

Being a citizen and unambiguously determining the mechanisms for obtaining citizenship can be considered essential achievements of contemporary political life in the West. This notion is, likewise, observed as an idealized creation in which the relationships between rulers and the governed function following rules that equalize the opportunities of citizens, favoring an interaction that guarantees equal treatment between the participants of a political community in which Everyone counts to make decisions and freely exercise their right to intervene in government functions. In recent decades, however, such an idea of citizenship has begun to be called into question. This work presents an exploratory study of the hegemonic conception of democratic citizenship through a genealogical review, the reasons that made its configuration possible are analyzed, as well as the criticisms that announce its debacle. Two alternative paths that challenge the canonical concept are also explored, which arise as responses to the stated crisis. Finally, some emerging forms of citizenship are realized that illustrate the complex evolution of the concept and force us to continue rethinking it in a Latin American key.

Palabras llave : citizenship; democracy; flexible citizenship; civic citizenship.

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