Los Consejos Comunales: ¿Avance o retroceso para la democracia venezolana?
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Goldfrank, Benjamin
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Quito : FLACSO Sede Ecuador
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El presente artículo aborda el debate en torno a los consejos comunales de Venezuela, un mecanismo de participación ciudadana promovido por el gobierno de Hugo Chávez con especial fuerza a partir de 2005. Luego de exponer brevemente su historia y principales características institucionales, describe la producción académica en torno al tema, identificando dos perspectivas contrapuestas: una que reivindica sus potencialidades democratizadoras, y otra que por el contrario, entiende a los consejos comunales como mecanismos al servicio de viejas lógicas clientelares y como amenaza a las instituciones de la democracia representativa. Basado en una comparación entre los consejos comunales y otras experiencias de democracia participativa en América latina y recogiendo algunos hallazgos relacionados con la opinión pública venezolana en torno al tema, el artículo pondera ambas posiciones, identificando las limitaciones de cada perspectiva.
This article is an approach to the debate surrounding Venezuela´s community councils, a mechanism for citizen participation promoted, especially since 2005, by Hugo Chávez’s administration. After a brief description of the history and institutional characteristics of the community councils, the author describes academic production on the subject, identifying two opposing perspectives: one arguing in favor of their democratizing potential and the other arguing that the community councils are mechanisms at the service of the old logic of the political boss and are a threat to institutions of representative democracy. Based on a comparison between the community councils and other experiences of participatory democracy in Latin American, and taking into account a number of findings related to Venezuelan public opinion regarding the subject, the article analyzes both positions, identifying the limitations of each perspective.
This article is an approach to the debate surrounding Venezuela´s community councils, a mechanism for citizen participation promoted, especially since 2005, by Hugo Chávez’s administration. After a brief description of the history and institutional characteristics of the community councils, the author describes academic production on the subject, identifying two opposing perspectives: one arguing in favor of their democratizing potential and the other arguing that the community councils are mechanisms at the service of the old logic of the political boss and are a threat to institutions of representative democracy. Based on a comparison between the community councils and other experiences of participatory democracy in Latin American, and taking into account a number of findings related to Venezuelan public opinion regarding the subject, the article analyzes both positions, identifying the limitations of each perspective.
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2011-05
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p. 41-55
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Goldfrank, Benjamin. Los Consejos Comunales: ¿Avance o retroceso para la democracia venezolana? (Dossier) = Community Councils: ¿Do they promote or discourage democracy in Venezuela?. En: Íconos: revista de ciencias sociales. Nuevas instituciones participativas y democráticas en América Latina, Quito: FLACSO sede Ecuador, (no. 40, mayo 2011): pp. 41-55. ISSN: 1390-1249