Leadership, participation and construction of citizenship in popular urbanizations of Asunción, Paraguay
Abstract
This article presents the results of a qualitative study on social leadership and citizenship in popular urbanizations of Asunción, Paraguay. These urbanizations house communities excluded from the formal city, developing complex and often conflicting processes, in the construction of housing alternatives and citizen participation. The research, exploratory and descriptive, was conducted through 30 in-depth interviews with leaders of the communities of the popular urbanizations of the city of Asunción and its metropolitan area. The results obtained indicate the emergence of democratic, participatory and supportive leadership, which seeks to reduce exclusions, promote solidarity and conquer the rights of their communities, strengthening the necessary conditions for the construction of citizenship in democracy.
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