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MORALES, Eduviges; NUNEZ, Ingrid  e  DELFIN, María Isabel. Re-thinking Citizen Participation in Public Management, from a Normative Perspective. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2006, vol.11, n.35, pp.453-470. ISSN 1315-9984.

After promulgating the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in 1999, a new paradigm in the conceptualization, organization and functioning of the state was consecrated, which subsequently effected a change in the management mechanisms of public affairs. The objective of this paper is to study on a normative plane, citizen participation as a mechanism and instrument that permits the integration of organized communities in the processes of public sector management. The methodology utilized is documentary since it is based on a review of national and foreign doctrine and constitutional and legal norms derived from the constitution, in order to analyze the relation State-Society, in view of the inter-relations generated by the new framework imposed by the Venezuelan positive judicial ordering. The conclusion is that sufficient normative elements are present in order to strengthen and give feedback as to the participative variable in the functioning of state affairs, on all levels and in all stages, from design to execution, and the definitive control of the execution, taking into account citizen participation in budgeting and in the control of execution in national, state and local planning councils.

Palavras-chave : The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; legislation; citizen participation; public management.