Participation in the constitutionalism of the future and participatory citizenship

Abstract

The main objective of the present study is to determine whether the reason for the problem of effective participation, foreseen as a characteristic in the Constitutionalism of the Future, is due to a lack of conception of formal instruments or the absence of a popular participatory culture. In order to do so, bibliographic and documentary research is used, using the deductive method, since it is the most appropriate to achieve the intentions of this article. It starts then from the general premise, conceptualizing the Constitutionalism of the Future and the participation inserted in it. Afterwards, the instruments of Brazilian participatory citizenship are discussed. Finally, it goes to the heart of the issue, verifying whether the reason for the crisis of effectiveness of participation in Brazilian Constitutionalism stems from the absence of formal elements for that or from the absence of a culture of popular participation. The research, in turn, is current and relevant, as it deals with a matter that proposes to identify whether the crisis of effectiveness of participation, an integral element of the Constitutionalism of the Future, would be of a legal or social order. Finally, the theoretical framework of the Constitutionalism of the Future, developed by Dromi, is used.