عنوان

State-managed participatory democracy in Venezuela :

شماره

TLets631689

عنوان اصلي

State-managed participatory democracy in Venezuela :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Gill, Adam M. W. H.

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

the case of the Communal Councils

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Liverpool

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2012

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Liverpool

امتياز متن

2012

متن يادداشت

This dissertation is concerned with participatory democracy in BolivarianVenezuela, and based on fieldwork conducted in Merida, Venezuela, between2008 and 2009. Two case studies of Consejo Comunales (Communal Councils,CC), one in a middle class parish, and another in a poorer part of the city, formthe basis of the research. The dissertation contributes to the debate onparticipatory democracy, arguing that the CCs are state-managed and aretherefore part of the development of a new state, one based on the principles ofSocialism of the twenty-first century, as promoted by the PSUV.As part of the development of Socialism of the twenty-first century, the PSUVviews the CCs as the embodiment of the participatory element of the EstadoComunal. The development of the CCs can also be seen as an attempt to resolvethe inadequacies of the previous Fourth Republic. The Punta Fijo party politicsof the Fourth Republic saw two major parties fonn a pact and then share(negotiated) power from 1958-1998. Poor Venezuelans lived on the periphery ofsociety, without basic amenities, and many were not even registered as citizens.There were few sufficient spaces for participation at a local level for poorVenezuelans, and this can be seen as an extended period of exclusion for thenon-privileged population.In stark contrast, the CCs are widespread and funded by the state. At a locallevel government agencies are responsible for financing and supporting thedevelopment of the councils, thus promoting the proposed Estado Comunal aswell as Bolivarian principles such as endogenous development. As CCs arestate-managed they can be seen as part of a 'dual government' structure thatwould have replaced Fourth Republic bureaucracy and local democracy, butthese still exist alongside one another. This dual government is made up ofparticipatory initiatives and Misiones Sociales (Social Missions), which aredesigned to work together to provide government goods, services and financialresources to those in need. However, the co-existing strands of local governmentand the CCs are subject to conflict, and communities can be left without localgovernment-supplied public works and services. This is exacerbated by the factthat dual-government has not been fully developed to facilitate this integration.The central argument of this dissertation is that state-managed participation,reflected in a case study of two CCs in Merida, can lead to conflicts between newinstances of local government (i.e. dual government) and existing localdemocracy. As the process of participation is state-managed, the CCs arepoliticised according to the PSUV's desire to implement Socialism of the twenty-firstcentury. CCs have had mixed results, which is reflected in both theirrelationship with state agencies and their acceptance or opposition to thedominant state political discourse.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Gill, Adam M. W. H.

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Liverpool

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y