%0 Article %A Palomino Manchego, José Félix %D 2019 %T La representación y la participación política (a propósito de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional peruano) %U https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7417179 %X Through this article, a series of reflections on the development of representation and political participation in the framework of the Social and Democratic State of Law is presented. In this sense, it begins by addressing the conceptual aspects of these institutions, analyzing the various concepts offered by the doctrine. Representation and political participation are associated with the right to citizen participation in political life, a law that has been consolidated in Latin America, a region where dictatorships and censures have been continuous, and as such, the 21st century has allowed us to improve, incorporating other related rights, such as the fundamental right to be elected. Extremely important in this area, in the Peruvian case, is the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court, which in recent years has established criteria that allow defining the essential content of political rights, as well as its framework of protection through constitutional processes.