La participación ciudadana en el contexto de la posmodernidad

Abstract

Citizen participation has become a highly relevant issue due to its potential to improve democracy and society in general. The objective of this article is to carry out an epistemological approach to citizen participation, from the deconstruction of key categories associated with the context of postmodernity. From the methodological perspective, it represents a documentary research of a bibliographic nature, located within the qualitative approach taking interpretivism as an epistemological stance using Hermeneutics as a method, observation and documentary review techniques and the analysis matrix as an instrument were used. The results indicate from the argumentative text as a product that in the postmodern context, citizen participation acquires a more diverse and complex meaning, showing a positive scenario to energize the behaviors of citizens, which are not limited to traditional forms of participation. politics, such as voting or joining a political party, in conclusion, citizen participation in the context of postmodernity assumes a leading role through digital media and social networks, which allows them to interact from the public sphere to responsibly assume the challenges raised related to the information society.