Citizen electoral participation in Colombian sustainable development
Citizen electoral participation in Colombian sustainable development

Author(s): Hernando Gil Tovar
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: citizen participation; political parties; sustainable development;Colombia’s international status;
Summary/Abstract: Elections are crucial to democracy because they provide citizens with a way to show their public policy preferences, and a way to keep elected officials accountable for their performance. The word citizen has an intrinsically political meaning that involves a certain kind of relationship between the people and the government. Citizens have a set of rights and responsibilities, including the right to participate in decisions that affect the public welfare. Based on a methodology which stems from the Survey of Political Culture ECP-DANE (2019), using a Probit model, this study establishes a relation between social-demographic variables and electoral participation. The results illustrate how the influences that regions, age, and educational level have on electoral participation are important factors for the achievement of the welfare goals of the national community, citizen participation and the achievement of community and government objectives. As a result, this is an indispensable element in sustainable development.

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