Includes bibliographical references. Garcia, E., Macuja II, J. P., & Tolosa, B. T., Jr. (1993). Participation in governance : the people's right : proceedings of the International Conference on People Power : the People's Right to Participate in Governance. Quezon City : Ateneo Center for Social Policy and Public Affairs : Gaston Z. Ortigas Peace Institute : International Alert, National Institute for Policy Studies.

The theoretical view -- Dilemmas in the realization of political participation -- Reactions -- Discussion -- Comparative constitutions and electoral system: how they guarantee the people's right to participate -- Reactions -- Discussion -- Summary -- The land possibilities of people's participation: case studies -- The rise of democracy in the West: on the paradoxes of socio-economic development and democratization in advanced industrial countries -- Reactions -- The case of Eastern Europe -- Discussion -- Limits and possibilities of people's participation in governance: the experience of India -- Latin American governance: bullets and ballots -- The limits and possibilities of people's participation in governance: the case of Africa -- Reactions -- Discussion -- Summary -- The limits and possibilities of people's participation: the Philippine case -- People's participation in governance: limits and possibilities - the Philippine case (from an NGO perspective) -- Prospects of electoral reforms: Philippine experience -- Reactions -- Recommendations of the conference and postscript -- Recommendation of the conference -- Postscript