Citizen participation and cultural diversity: the BouchardTaylor Commission

• Published in: Andamios (Mexico City, Mexico) Mexico), 2009-04, Vol.5 (10), p.9-38
• Main Authors: Cano, José María Sauca, Simon, María Isabel Wences
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Canada; Citizen participation; Cultural differences; Cultural diversity; Political life; Quebec; Social life
• ISSN: 1870-0063

ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: In February 2007, Québec Premier set up a Commission which was given the task of asking citizens about reasonable accommodation practices related to cultural differences. These practices have deeply marked the political and social life of Quebecers the last few years. This article analyzes the Bouchard-Taylor Commission's work, especially the wide public consultation which was developed in a public debate, giving rise to an intensive participative and deliberative practice without precedent in that nation's history. // ABSTRACT IN SPANISH: En febrero de 2007, el primer ministro de Quebec crea una Comisión encargada de consultar a la ciudadanía sobre las prácticas de acomodamiento razonable asociadas a diferencias culturales, prácticas que en los últimos años han marcado profundamente la vida política y social de los quebequenses. Aquí analizamos los trabajos de esta Comisión -en particular, la extensa consulta ciudadana desarrollada mediante debate público-, los cuales dieron lugar a un intenso ejercicio participativo y deliberativo sin precedentes en la historia de esta nación. The opinion expressed in every paper in this Journal is the sole responsibility of its author, and not of the editor or the publisher, which is the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México. You are free to copy and distribute all the material here contained for the aim of education and research. However, you may not use this work for commercial purposes. You must cite the source and attribute the work to the author. You may not alter, transform or build upon this work.