El empoderamiento como estrategia para operativizar la gerencia social comunitaria

Abstract

Empowerment has become a highly relevant topic due to its potential as a strategy for individuals in organizational and social spheres to participate in and influence decisions that affect them, becoming agents of development. This article aims to analyze the theoretical foundations of empowerment as a strategy for operationalizing community management in grassroots organizations. The central categories guiding this work are empowerment and community management. Methodologically, this is a documentary research study of a bibliographic nature, employing observation and document review techniques. The results, presented in the argumentative text, indicate that empowerment as a strategy for operationalizing community social management strengthens grassroots power by generating protagonism, autonomy, and decision-making capacity within organizations. This transforms citizens from passive recipients into key actors in the planning and execution of projects, improving management, ensuring ownership of processes, and generating a deeper social and political change, balancing power with the State.