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Public participation is valued and viewed as a key aspect of most modern constitution-making and constitutional reform processes. In Chile, different publics played multiple roles as initiators, electors, contributors, and approvers during the constitutional-building process. The Constitutional Convention (CC) developed but struggled to implement an ambitious, multi-layered public participation framework. From the perspective of the participation process and considering the negative results, it seems that the process failed to fully connect with expectations and sentiments. This chapter identifies three aspects which contributed to this disconnect, while noting the range of participatory methods enabled by the CC under pandemic conditions and in a country with limited recent participatory experiences.

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Public Participation in Constitutional Reform: The Challenges of Chile’s Experiments in Expanding Citizen Involvement

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    2025年

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  • Maite Salazar

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Public participation is valued and viewed as a key aspect of most modern constitution-making and constitutional reform processes. In Chile, different publics played multiple roles as initiators, electors, contributors, and approvers during the constitutional-building process. The Constitutional Convention (CC) developed but struggled to implement an ambitious, multi-layered public participation framework. From the perspective of the participation process and considering the negative results, it seems that the process failed to fully connect with expectations and sentiments. This chapter identifies three aspects which contributed to this disconnect, while noting the range of participatory methods enabled by the CC under pandemic conditions and in a country with limited recent participatory experiences.