Is democracy without active social inlusion still democracy?
(2023) SIMZ11 20231Graduate School
- Abstract
- Guatemala is a democratic country in Central America characterized by many social inequalities which limits the quality of democracy in the country. This thesis is based on field research in Monterrico, on a local community in Guatemala, to investigate democratic participation on a local level, from an inclusivity perspective. This topic is investigated in relation to local development processes which are led by a local development committee in Monterrico. The research problem covered throughout this thesis is “how present is inclusivity in democratic participation in local development processes in Monterrico, Guatemala?”.
Interviews were made with residents of Monterrico, in order to develop and respond to the research problem based on... (More) - Guatemala is a democratic country in Central America characterized by many social inequalities which limits the quality of democracy in the country. This thesis is based on field research in Monterrico, on a local community in Guatemala, to investigate democratic participation on a local level, from an inclusivity perspective. This topic is investigated in relation to local development processes which are led by a local development committee in Monterrico. The research problem covered throughout this thesis is “how present is inclusivity in democratic participation in local development processes in Monterrico, Guatemala?”.
Interviews were made with residents of Monterrico, in order to develop and respond to the research problem based on relevant interviewees perceptions of the matter discussed. Further, the data collected was analyzed and discussed with careful consideration of the two conceptual frameworks; inclusive democracy and feminism with a theoretical approach, with the aim of attaining an understanding and a deep, multidimensional response to the research problem.
Finally this thesis concludes that in the case of Monterrico, Guatemala there is an active and maintained democratic system in the local community which regards local development processes. However the inclusivity in these democratic processes is limited and unequal for different social groups based on social identities, which in its turn weakens the presented democracy. (Less) - Popular Abstract
- Guatemala is a democratic country in Central America characterized by many social inequalities which limits the quality of democracy in the country. This thesis is based on field research in Monterrico, on a local community in Guatemala, to investigate democratic participation on a local level, from an inclusivity perspective. This topic is investigated in relation to local development processes which are led by a local development committee in Monterrico. The research problem covered throughout this thesis is “how present is inclusivity in democratic participation in local development processes in Monterrico, Guatemala?”.
Interviews were made with residents of Monterrico, in order to develop and respond to the research problem based on... (More) - Guatemala is a democratic country in Central America characterized by many social inequalities which limits the quality of democracy in the country. This thesis is based on field research in Monterrico, on a local community in Guatemala, to investigate democratic participation on a local level, from an inclusivity perspective. This topic is investigated in relation to local development processes which are led by a local development committee in Monterrico. The research problem covered throughout this thesis is “how present is inclusivity in democratic participation in local development processes in Monterrico, Guatemala?”.
Interviews were made with residents of Monterrico, in order to develop and respond to the research problem based on relevant interviewees perceptions of the matter discussed. Further, the data collected was analyzed and discussed with careful consideration of the two conceptual frameworks; inclusive democracy and feminism with a theoretical approach, with the aim of attaining an understanding and a deep, multidimensional response to the research problem.
Finally, this thesis concludes that in the case of Monterrico, Guatemala there is an active and maintained democratic system in the local community which regards local development processes. However, the inclusivity in these democratic processes is limited and unequal for different social groups based on social identities, which in turn weakens the presented democracy. (Less)
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- author
- Mérida Lindgren, Frida LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Case study on Guatemalan Local level of inclusivity in democratic participation
- course
- SIMZ11 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Local democracy, inclusive democracy, feminism, Monterrico Guatemala, democratic participation, inclusivity, local development processes
- language
- English
- id
- 9136296
- date added to LUP
- 2023-09-14 15:25:39
- date last changed
- 2023-09-14 15:25:39
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abstract = {{Guatemala is a democratic country in Central America characterized by many social inequalities which limits the quality of democracy in the country. This thesis is based on field research in Monterrico, on a local community in Guatemala, to investigate democratic participation on a local level, from an inclusivity perspective. This topic is investigated in relation to local development processes which are led by a local development committee in Monterrico. The research problem covered throughout this thesis is “how present is inclusivity in democratic participation in local development processes in Monterrico, Guatemala?”.
Interviews were made with residents of Monterrico, in order to develop and respond to the research problem based on relevant interviewees perceptions of the matter discussed. Further, the data collected was analyzed and discussed with careful consideration of the two conceptual frameworks; inclusive democracy and feminism with a theoretical approach, with the aim of attaining an understanding and a deep, multidimensional response to the research problem.
Finally this thesis concludes that in the case of Monterrico, Guatemala there is an active and maintained democratic system in the local community which regards local development processes. However the inclusivity in these democratic processes is limited and unequal for different social groups based on social identities, which in its turn weakens the presented democracy.}},
author = {{Mérida Lindgren, Frida}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Is democracy without active social inlusion still democracy?}},
year = {{2023}},
}