Community Political Advocacy in the Farmers’ Market from Barranca, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, in 2023

 

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Autores: Bolaños Alvarado, Bayron, Cascante Chaves, Magally
Formato: texto
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2024
Descripción:This article presents a case study on the citizen participation strategies implemented by farmers from Barranca, Puntarenas, during 2023, to resolve the conflict stemming from the eviction of their Farmers’ Market in 2020. The closure of this commercial space had serious negative economic and social consequences for producers and the community. The analysis of the political and legislative process helped us identify the strategies used by farmers to actively engage in finding a viable solution to the problem. These tactics included presenting a bill in the Legislative Assembly and exerting constant pressure on deputies, which resulted in the approval of the legislation that facilitated the return of the farmers’ market to the original facilities. The study assessed the effectiveness of these context-specific participatory strategies in influencing concrete results. Findings offer valuable lessons on localized ways of citizen participation in the formal political sphere, aiming to promote more inclusive democracies geared towards collective well-being.
País:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/19786
Acceso en línea:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/perspectivasrurales/article/view/19786
Palabra clave:citizen participation
participatory strategies
legislation
participación ciudadana
estrategias participativas
legislación
participação cidadã
estratégias participativas
legislação