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The Meeting… and the Discussion about “Participation and Agreement” in the Definition of Public Policies

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  • Félix Bombarolo Universidad de Bar-Ilan
Vol. 12 No. 32 (1997)
https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.1997.62073

Abstract

This paper develops a critical viewpoint on the concepts of participation and "concertación" in the housing plans and programs, the key question being which would be the viewpoints of the different people taking part. Other questions are why, what for and how do each of the participants understand the use of such principles, the paper also questions the statement that their application implies the inclusion of progress oriented and democratic projects which promote social changes with equity. It is here stated that social politics are being "covered with a discursive layer" which most times does not resist the smallest critic. The text has a literary style and dramatizes the problem through a fictitious report of a public institution's meeting, where the participants have different and even opposing expectations. Every day circumstances from a country's civil-social life are here mentioned, stressing how the differing criteria shown in public behavior may sometimes alter the authenticity of people’s values.

Author Biography

Félix Bombarolo, Universidad de Bar-Ilan

Arquitecto argentino. Investigador en Desarrollo Social y Urbano en América Latina y el Caribe. Docente de la Universidad de Bar-llan de Argentina. Profesor invitado en la Universidad de Mar del Plata, Universidad La Cochabamba de Bolivia y Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Consultor desde 1995 de la Federación Internacional de Cruz Roja, de la organización Iberoamericana de Juventud, del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y diferentes ONG's. En 1996 se incorpora a la RED CYTED XIV.D, "Alternativas de Políticas de Vivienda de Interés Social"

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Bombarolo, F. (1997). The Meeting… and the Discussion about “Participation and Agreement” in the Definition of Public Policies. Revista INVI, 12(32). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.1997.62073
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