Collective action like incentive for government accountability in Mexico City

Abstract

The article is a critique of the predominance of individualism as the "only" way to use the participation and accountability mechanisms institutionalized in Mexico City.

The role of social accountability as an institutionalized participation mechanism and as a political pressure strategy used by collective actors is analyzed. The methodology was an analysis and qualitative review of the academic and normative literature on the subject. The article also tries to show how the collective actions of civil society organizations use the mechanisms of citizen participation and accountability as a space for dialogue and pressure strategy to incorporate their demands in the government, exposes the importance of analyzing the collective action within institutionalized (formal) and non-institutionalized (informal) environments to improve citizen participation. Likewise, from the comparison of the two cases, the conceptual separation with which the mechanisms of participation and surrender are studied is criticized.