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Three stages in citizen-state relations in modern political theory over the last 2 centuries are defined: foundational, organizational, & diversity-based. The initial tension between citizen & state was laid during the foundational stage in documents such as the American Declaration of Independence & the French Declaration of the Rights of Men & the Citizen. The citizen reigned supreme, but voluntarily ceded some power to his/her creation, the state. The growth of political parties during the organizational stage mediated this tension but gave an increasing amount of power to the state. A new stage, that of diversity, has arisen in the postmodern world that demands a citizenship that is both more local & more global. Nongovernmental agencies have helped meet these criteria. Adapted from the source document.

Critiques Francis Fukuyama's work in an examination of the process of change in contemporary political systems. It is argued that Fukuyama confuses the process of construction of liberal democratic political systems with liberal ideology. Further, he infuses the liberal doctrine with a universalism that belongs to liberal democratic institutions. It is posited that political systems are changing & diversifying because of globalization & decentralization, & liberal ideologies based on criteria of homogeneity are falling into disuse. It is concluded that the postmodern ideology, which is appropriate to the current global situation, needs to be further developed for use in constructing solutions for a multicultural world. Adapted from the source document.

Las reformas registradas en las últimas décadas en el Estado, en el sistema de partidos y en el sistema electoral mexicanos han recibido considerable atención de gran número de especialistas. No ha sucedido lo mismo con los cambios en las formas de organización y participación de la sociedad, lo que ha redundado en una visión sesgada del proceso de democratización y de las perspectivas de consolidación democrática en el México contemporáneo. Este libro aborda la dimensión asociativa de la sociedad civil mexicana y busca esclarecer sus dimensiones cuantitativas, el marco jurídico que regula sus actividades, sus antecedentes más significativos, las experiencias de formación de redes temáticas, el uso que le dan a las nuevas tecnologías, sus relaciones con partidos políticos, con gobiernos, con instituciones educativas y religiosas, con movimientos sociales, con redes transnacionales de solidaridad, además de ubicarnos en el debate teórico contemporáneo.