Este monográfico pretende abordar la idea de la emergencia y la construcción de la democracia comunal desde la reflexión teórica, pero sobre todo desde el análisis de algunas prácticas comunitarias y comunales que se desarrollan en diferentes partes del mundo.
Within the current systemic crisis is a profound political crisis of liberal democracy. Against this backdrop, all over the world disruptive and community social dynamics are emerging that project new forms of democratic intensification.In this text, from the theoretical perspective, we want to analyse popular power as community subject of transformation for the reinforcement of a model of communal democracy as an alternative to the liberal model. Analysing popular power is a complex meta-process that encompasses different spheres of action and collective organisation. After reviewing the historical appearance and the very concept of popular power, we analyse the emergence of popular power as a dynamic process in three dimensions. First, we analyse the gradual construction of a new type of power, confronted by established power, where different theoretical positions are considered vis-à-vis the idea of counter-power, dual power and popular power, and the dialectic relationship between the destituent, instituent and constituent strength of popular power. As well as the transit from "the taking" of power to construction, there is also analysis of the relationship between new power and state power and popular power's relationship with the struggle for social and cultural hegemony. We then analyse popular power as a democratic project in opposition to liberal democracy, with consideration of some characteristics of the democratising practices of community dynamics. Finally, we analyse popular power, beyond the individual subject of modernity, as the construction of the collective subject that articulates This article is part of a research project funded by a FPU 2017 grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education.
En esta época de crisis del modelo de democracia liberal las dinámicas comunitarias están visibilizándose como alternativas estimulantes para pensar en nuevos modelos de democracia. Este artículo aborda la experiencia del barrio ocupado de Errekaleor en la ciudad de Vitoria-Gasteiz (País Vasco) desde la perspectiva que nos ofrece el paradigma emergente de la democracia comunal. Se analizan algunas de las variables fundamentales que configuran dicha propuesta democrática, concretamente las siguientes: las tramas comunitarias, la producción de lo común, el poder popular, la diversidad del sujeto, el apoyo mutuo, el autogobierno, la autogestión y la territorialización. En términos metodológicos, las técnicas para desarrollar la investigación han sido entrevistas, grupos de discusión, observación etnográfica y análisis documental. Los resultados evidencian que la experiencia de Errekaleor destaca por sus fortalezas en clave de autogobierno y apoyo mutuo y, a su vez, tiene como gran reto mejorar su autosuficiencia económica.
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