%0 Journal Article %T El caso de Chile durante el gobierno de Michelle Bachelet: Participaci¨®n ciudadana para el fortalecimiento de la democracia %A Checa %A Laureano %A Lagos Lira %A Claudia %A Cabalin %A Cristian %J Argos %D 2011 %I Universidad Sim¨®n Bol¨ªvar %X considering that implementing £¿a citizen government£¿ was one of the main goals of the bachelet administration (2006-2010), this article aims at presenting key findings of a study that focused on identifying and characterizing the mechanisms of citizen participation as enacted by state offices during this era. it will also critically analyze the construction of a citizen £¿type£¿, which was derived from the description of the different spaces and mechanisms of participation that were declared by the central state administration. %K citizen participation %K public policy %K citizenship %K public information %K democracy. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0254-16372011000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en