Construcción de Indicadores e Índice Social para medir los derechos de participación ciudadana en Ecuador (2014)

Abstract

Abstract:The research reviews the constitutional evolution of participatory rights in Ecuador and points out the functioning of mechanisms for use. Addresses a characterization of the political and social nature of the problem and describes those regarding restrictions contained in the legislation, public service and state institutions, similarly notes the remaining challenges of the Organic Law of Citizen Participation in this matter. It presents a methodology and index indicators for measuring the exercise of participation rights in Ecuador in 2014. It also sets out policy proposals for the further development of participatory rights and social practices that promote human rights. The contribution is the presentation provides a system for measuring the current conditions of the rights with an integration of different types of representative democracy, direct and participatory in order to give public entities a methodology for better care the State and its institutions.