Participation, Citizenship and the Vote: Reflections for social work based on the Chilean Case

Abstract A review of the antecedents concerning the perception and opinions of the exercise of democracy and elections in the Chilean political model sustains an analysis that used information from recent studies, databases and new investigations. With a focus based on social work, the article affirms that the meanings inscribed in the field of social intervention convoke the profession to a reflection that points to the understanding and consideration of the contemporary political subject as a field that requires revision, analysis and debate to enrich the profession and the discipline.