Resumen de Participatory Processes and Instruments.

José María Lavín de la Cavada , David Ríos Insua

• n many democracies, disillusionment with government handling of issues has led to greater use of participation processes in public decision making. In this chapter, we review key concepts in participatory democracy, describe some of the main participatory instruments and identify the tasks included in them, as a basis for later inclusion in a web-based architecture for participation support.