La organización barrial y su incidencia en la dotación de servicios básicos en el barrio Las Katyas de Machala

Abstract

This research was done in Las Katyas neighborhood being the principal field located in La Providencia in Machala city. Here, there were found problems related to the weaknesses in organization and leadership of the Municipal Autonomous Decentralized Government of Machala.There are visible and evidenced consequences in this place due to the lack of basic services that are essential for survival, thus making it impossible for the inhabitants to improve their living conditions. Therefore, the scientific problem is formulated: How does the neighborhood organization have an impact on the endowment of basic services in the Las Katyas neighborhood? The overall objective is To determine the impact of the neighborhood organization in the endowment of basic services in Las Katyas neighborhood. The hypothesis is: The neighborhood organization has a low incidence in the endowment of basic services in Las Katyas neighborhood, because of low involvement and lack of interest of the members to recognize their leaders. The theory that underlies as a foundation for this study is the structural functionalism, which is the paradigm developed by Harvard School being one of the main contributors Talcott Parsons who fits the setting environment, as well as the guidelines to analyze the social structure of the neighborhood organization and the roles that inhabitants, leaders and representatives of the Municipal Government of Machala fulfill in the task to promote the best life conditions for the inhabitants to raise their living standards. It is basic research because it intends to provide empirical data to contrast with the theoretical foundation to increase the knowledge related to community organization and the endowment of basic services. It has a diagnosis with a mixed methodological approach, that means it is done from the dualism of a quantitative and qualitative paradigms with a non-experimental design due to the variables are not manipulated. A survey was applied to get empirical data with a margin of error of 7%, which has resulted in 105 informants that resolved a questionnaire with multiple choice questions. The results of the research show that the neighborhood organization is going through serious difficulties, 45% of the participants say that it is weak, fragile and incomplete, while 46% say that it does not even function. According to community development management, 86% say that there is not neighborhood management. In addition, 90% emphasize that the neighborhood organization is not fulfilling its role of promoting management and encouraging social cohesion. Regarding to the level of community development, 100% of the citizens say that it is poor and unavailable. Selfishness, lack of involvement, disorganization and lack of values and leadership are cultural factors that affect the neighborhood, all of them are 79% and the lack of support from the administrative authority is 21%. The proposal is based on a training process through educational workshops on the importance of neighborhood organization with citizen participation and leadership.