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the question of democratization is widely developed and recently H. Landemore has made an interesting theoretical-practical proposal for its achievement. His proposal, strikingly, aims to strengthen representation and make it more democratic. For this, he proposes some mechanisms that already have some experiences that prove his democratizing contribution. From a careful reading of Landemore's proposal, some questions related to representation and the Demos are raised and the potential of the Psychological discipline to face them is highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The analysis of educational inequalities is a relevant issue due to its interrelation with other inequalities (social, geographical and labor), with migratory processes, with the opportunities for intergenerational social mobility and because they condition the differential strategies, resources and capacities to face the associated risks to them. Addressing educational inequalities from comparative studies is also relevant, since it allows considering the public policies implemented before them, with special emphasis on educational policies. The monograph that is presented is, in itself, a current expression of the diversity of comparative studies in education that can be carried out at different levels, both between countries and within countries; in order to better understand how global and regional phenomena, supranational entities and international agendas impact locally on educational systems, educational policies and educational trajectories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this work, we identify variables that discriminate between people who participate and those who do not participate in institutions framed in a participatory conception of democracy that involve complex participatory actions. We conducted a survey study of citizens over 16 years of age (N = 663) in two cities in Argentina (Córdoba and Villa María). The discriminant analysis allowed to recognize the contribution of ideological attitudes, mobilizing political information, motivation, internal causal attributions, norms of citizenship and political trust. These results are consistent with those obtained in other studies that adopt a psychosocial approach and similar variables. At the same time, they allow questioning how democratizing and equalizing these institutions are being and justify new inquiries that allow us to establish whether this trend is confirmed and -- at the same time -- move towards understanding the factors that condition it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses the relationship between Local Government (LG) and the exercise of political participation; from an approximation to justifications about the relevance of this level. Two perspectives are developed according to how the participation of citizens is positioned in these justifications. The first refers to the intrinsic values attributed to the GL, and the second refers to the socializing process in political-institutional terms. From this approach it is possible to question the existence of a participatory pattern -both electoral and nonelectoral- that differentiates GL from the provincial and national levels. Approaches to this question are approximated from empirical evidence provided by two types of sources. On the one hand, studies that analyze the political involvement in the city of Córdoba considering electoral and non-electoral dimensions, including the involvement in institutions designed under a participatory conception of democracy. And on the other, official and journalistic data on electoral participation in the three levels of government. This strategy makes it possible, in turn, to assess the strength of Local Government to carry out democratic principles and to develop an active citizenship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]