Reconstruyendo imaginarios sobre democracia : a propósito de las elecciones a partir de la crisis del 2001

El trabajo aborda la relación democracia y ciudadanía desde la dimensión subjetiva de la política e indaga las representaciones mentales del imaginario político sobre participación y representación ciudadana a partir de los procesos electorales. El objetivo es rescatar las significaciones que sostienen o transforman la institucionalidad democrática. La crisis del 2001 en Argentina generó nuevas formas de participación y un redimensionamiento de la democracia. Los resultados del trabajo atribuyen la escasa calidad democrática a la dirigencia política aunque abren la posibilidad de un mayor compromiso, participación y autonomía ciudadana y recuperación de lo político, como inescindible de lo social.

Atentique´s environmental and economic development shrinkage in globlalization era

This paper focuses on the effects the transfer of ownership from a state‐owned Paper Mill Company to a corporate private ownership has had on environmental and economic shrinkage in Atenquique. This transfer was the result of the ongoing economic process of globalization, after the industrial boom of the paper mills during the second half of the last century. The paper also focuses on how the employees of this Paper Mill Company live and how they have been affected by globalization and how they feel about their paper mill’s new corporate owners. The methodology used was descriptive and exploratory. A sample of ten workers at the company who lived in Atenquique was chosen for an interview. After being inhabited the town of Atenquique developed in terms of population, society and economy. On the other hand the Industrial Company of Atenquique grew during the period when it was a property of the Mexican State. After the company’s privatization, the town started to decline and shrink in three above‐mentioned variables. The impact on the environmental and economic development has initiated the shrinking and declining of Atenquique and the surrounding cities and towns.