Public Strategy and Eco-Social Engagement in Latin American States: An Analysis of Complex Networks Arising from Their Constitutions

Arturo Luque González and Fernando Casado Gutiérrez
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Arturo Luque González: Facultad de Ciencias Humanísticas y Sociales, Universidad Técnica de Manabí UTM, Ave. José María Urbina and Che Guevara, Portoviejo 130105, Ecuador
Fernando Casado Gutiérrez: Facultad de Ciencias Humanísticas y Sociales, Universidad Técnica de Manabí UTM, Ave. José María Urbina and Che Guevara, Portoviejo 130105, Ecuador

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 20, 1-29

Abstract: Over the past four decades, Latin American states have drafted relatively new constitutions in comparison with other regions of the world. These transformations, in some cases, have helped governments leave behind the former authoritarian regimes, or in others, have simply established a more democratic system incorporating a forward-looking approach to rights. For example, stronger individual and collective rights have been forged, together with new avenues for citizen participation. Certainly, many of the new constitutions grant a much broader base of rights, including collective political and territorial rights for indigenous communities, protections against ethnic, racial, and gender discrimination, and greater guarantees of privacy and control over information. Consequently, some Latin American constitutions are held up as among the best in the world. For this study, the constitutional texts of 22 Latin American countries were analyzed with the aim of understanding their regulatory changes and impacts, pointing out the existing inequalities they address, as well as the clear positive trend established in terms of the generation of greater social engagement.

Keywords: constitutions; social responsibility; development; ethics; public policies; Latin American (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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