STREET DEMOCRACY

Authors

  • Alejandro Nieto Catedrático de Derecho administrativo

Keywords:

Representative democracy, street democracy, governance, governed, critical citizenship

Abstract

In this text, one of the most extended (at least in Spain and Europe) version of democracy is examined. This is the street democracy. At first sight this is understood as a sociopolitical behavior (and also cultural) of a direct, pacific or violent, acceptance of the power by the people (from here the «democracy»), done or attempted at public spaces (from here the «street») through crowded demonstrations, apparently without a visible organization, either without leaders, nor formal structures. This notion is opposed to the representative democracy. This is why there is a reference to the last one and its shortages, what explains the appearance of the former one as a counterpoint

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Published

2020-06-16

How to Cite

Nieto, A. (2020). STREET DEMOCRACY. Teoría & Derecho. Revista De Pensamiento jurídico, (25), 271–282. Retrieved from https://teoriayderecho.tirant.com/index.php/teoria-y-derecho/article/view/398

Issue

No. 25 (2019): Political judgment and impeachment in American presidentialism

Section

Actuality