Medio ambiente y construcción de ciudadanía
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Rev. de Inv. Educ.
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Tradicionalmente el tema medio ambiental ha sido abordado con criterios eminentemente biológicos, sea destacando los riesgos de la degradación ambiental, o la necesidad de establecer mecanismos políticos y prácticos que colaborarán con su aprovechamiento sostenible. Si bien la discusión social y política alrededor de este tema es de larga data, no es sino hasta hace unas tres décadas que comienza a generarse un debate en el cual se concibe que la participación social en el aprovechamiento y conservación del medio ambiente, es de vital importancia para avanzar en el uso y conservación de éste de forma responsable y sostenida. A inicios de la década de los 90 del siglo pasado se genera una intensa discusión en torno al concepto de ciudadanía y los procesos sociales de los cuales se deriva y potencia. La visión conservadora y burguesa hace de la ciudadanía un producto orientado a garantizar la gobernabilidad, la misma se concibe con un "techo" que delimita y condiciona los espacios de participación social de las mayorías. En el marco del tema medio ambiental la participación social se ha ido profundizando; sin embargo, se cuestiona frecuentemente si estos procesos de participación están construyendo ciudadanía, o en su lugar, si vienen a reforzar mecanismos conservadores de participación social
Traditionally, the environmental issue has been addressed with eminently biological criteria, is highlighting the risks of environmental degradation, or the need for political and practical mechanisms to collaborate with their sustainable use. While a social discussion around this topic is of long standing, it was not until about three decades that begins to generate a debate, it was conceived that social participation is vital to advance the development and conservation of the environment in a responsible and sustainable way. At the start of the 90s of last century generated an intense discussion on the concept of citizenship and their social processes. The conservative and bourgeois visions of citizenship make it a product to ensure governance, it is conceived as a "limit" that defines and determines the areas of social participation of the majority. Under the environmental issue, social participation has been deepening, however, is often questioned whether these processes are building citizen participation, or instead, if they come to reinforce conservative social participation mechanisms.
Traditionally, the environmental issue has been addressed with eminently biological criteria, is highlighting the risks of environmental degradation, or the need for political and practical mechanisms to collaborate with their sustainable use. While a social discussion around this topic is of long standing, it was not until about three decades that begins to generate a debate, it was conceived that social participation is vital to advance the development and conservation of the environment in a responsible and sustainable way. At the start of the 90s of last century generated an intense discussion on the concept of citizenship and their social processes. The conservative and bourgeois visions of citizenship make it a product to ensure governance, it is conceived as a "limit" that defines and determines the areas of social participation of the majority. Under the environmental issue, social participation has been deepening, however, is often questioned whether these processes are building citizen participation, or instead, if they come to reinforce conservative social participation mechanisms.
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Vol. 6, No. 3