Representaciones sociales del asociativismo municipal en educación: un marco conceptualpara la educación chilena

in the following article we analyze the possibilities of the socialrepresentations (sr) theory to, from the perspective of the subjects, research onthe cognitive elements involved and socially constructed, that support micro andmacro institutional management actions and coordination among severalmunicipalities of a common territory; what literature and management refer to asassociative work or associationism. there is a specific interest about socialrepresentations of associationism in the field of education, from politicaladministrative actors and professionals involved in improving local education. itis postulated and substantiated that the study of social representations of municipal associativism on education is relevant from the conceptual elementsof the processual perspective, since the object of representation -the municipalassociativism on education-and the techniques for its analysis are consistent withthe implementation strategies of associative work at the various levels of municipal organization in the field of education.