I will make a risky exercise: Claiming to politics and politicians.
is risky and difficult this year because it currently seems to be few things more maligned.
is risky and difficult this year because it currently seems to be few things more maligned.
"Politics", says Wikipedia, is human activity that tends to govern or direct state action for the benefit of society. Come from the Greek word "Politik," a term that has multiple meanings: (1) city, (2) civil and (3) on the order of the city.
So, for its meaning in origin, we are all citizens, not because people in the city, the polis, but be a state, and likewise we would all be political in the sense of being involved in government, in the broadest sense of the word, of our society. We can do or stop doing that is, letting others do, but all depends on a more direct or more indirect (including non-democratic societies), how is the government of our society.
However, although this should be the meaning of politics and the political, the truth is that for a vast majority of the population is strangely foreign policy (although almost everyone speaks of it) for practicing own benefit those selfish and interested people are politicians.
The image people have of politicians can hardly be more negative. According to several studies of the Center for Sociological, the "political confidence index " has been declining from 46.6 in 2004 to a 45.5 in 2008, 41.1 in 2009, 39.3 in 2010 and a 34.8 % in 2011 (January in all references.) In reality, this rate seems too negative, I have not entirely clear what this means 34.8% of political trust seems pretty high.
Let other indicators. According to the CIS (as of January 2011), asked the English for which considered the three most important problems in Spain, the response resulted in the first two were by far the unemployment and economic situation, and the third most serious problem was "the political class and the politicians." No wonder with all that is falling (Gurtel, Mercasevilla, etc).
A comprehensive study of the CIS again from 2002 entitled " Citizenship, Participation and Democracy ," he clarifies the feelings that caused the English politics (2 feelings, multiple answer).
As you see in the picture, the feelings are caused by this order: indifference, distrust, boredom. Only in 4 th place: interest.
With this view of politics and politicians how I dare to claim them? Well, simply because other political and other politicians are possible. Not only possible, necessary, indispensable.
As you see in the picture, the feelings are caused by this order: indifference, distrust, boredom. Only in 4 th place: interest.
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With this view of politics and politicians how I dare to claim them? Well, simply because other political and other politicians are possible. Not only possible, necessary, indispensable.
The feeling of disbelief and alienation from politics by the public only favors those who currently benefit from the existing order of things. That is, stay out of politics is precisely what makes business as usual.
world order, local order, must be changed, and this is only possible with our participation. It is true that finding a political project with which illusions work harder and harder, but it is our obligation to try.
In Córdoba, for progressive people, the degree of disillusionment with local politics has almost hit rock bottom. That disappointment, in an urgent need to change things, it became civic energy to light a new project: ECOLO Córdoba.
ECOLO Cordoba is processing a proposal made by people who believe in democracy and the value of politics from ethics, citizenship skills, the professional management and daily experience, and that is on the road without political strings, no mortgage, no slogans.
If you change the order of things, amaze yourself with us. We are open and willing you to join our project.
