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

Abstract

Addresses a characterization of the nature of the rights of participaicón and describes the problems and restrictions contained in the legislation, public service and state institutions; similarly, he notes the remaining challenges of the law in this area. It presents a methodology of indicators and index for measuring the performance of a group of rights in Ecuador during 2014 and corresponds to the following: 1) participation in popular initiative legislation; 2) by citizens' initiative referendum; 3) participate as candidates in elections or the right to be elected; 4) forming military and political organizations; and 5) to choose dignitaries elected. It also establishes public policy proposals to deepen their development and social practices that help to encourage them. The measurement scheme articulates the current conditions of rights with an integration of different types of democracy as representative, direct and participative, in order to provide public entities a methodology for monitoring and measuring for better care by the State and its institutions.