“We were not up to the situation”: limits of citizen participation in the Espinar’s dialogue table (2012-2013)

• Autor: De la Puente Burlando, Lorena
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/21186
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/debatesensociologia/article/view/21186
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: mining, governance, civil society participation; minería, gobernanza, participación ciudadana

The dialogue table in Espinar is recognized as an emblematic case of dialogue processes. However, three barriers compromised the quality of representation of civil society: the overloading of urban leaders, the underrepresentation of peasant interests and the use of technical languages to regulate decision-making. The study of this case aims to explore the limits and contradictions of participatory processes after socio-environmental conflicts in Peru. The objective is to contribute to the revision of their methodologies and to question the ideas from which different stakeholders built their participation.