Local democracy: The political-electoral participation in Pereira

This article summarizes some relevant political-electoral dynamics in Pereira(Colombia) between 1987 and 2014. Besides, it refers to the elections of 9mayors, as well as those processes where citizens have taken part in, in order tosupport or reject initiatives related to local and national issues....

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2019
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Universidad Católica de Pereira
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Repositorio Institucional - RIBUC
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spa
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https://revistas.ucp.edu.co/index.php/gestionyregion/article/view/534
http://hdl.handle.net/10785/11558
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Summary:This article summarizes some relevant political-electoral dynamics in Pereira(Colombia) between 1987 and 2014. Besides, it refers to the elections of 9mayors, as well as those processes where citizens have taken part in, in order tosupport or reject initiatives related to local and national issues. There are also complex and even contradictory electoral dynamics in this city,from which the opinion poll begins to have its own specific weight. Theexpressions of political violence against party leaders seem to have lost ground.Today, political activity has a higher dose of political pluralism; it has morepolitical competition and public deliberation spanning previously excludedsectors