THE DIALECTIC OF QUALITY IN STATE GOVERNANCE: THE IMPORTANCE OF POPULAR PARTICIPATION IN A RULE-OF-LAW STATE OF DEMOCRATIC PERFORMANCE BASED ON HABERMAS

Abstract

This paper aims to demonstrate that state governance finds its point of equilibrium in the criterion of quality, ascertained through a dialectical relationship between popular participation and the control of public spending. To this end, it draws on the presuppositions of Jürgen Habermas's theory of communicative action. From this relationship derives the sustainability of the State, both because it evidences its legitimacy and because it proves effective in the management of public affairs. The research was conducted through the dialectical method, which is adequate for a dynamic and totalizing interpretation of reality, in view of the objectives raised before the proposed problem, especially that of demonstrating that state governance is a condition of possibility for the realization of the Rule of Law.