Abstract
Autore:
Boni Stefano
Titolo:
"Cittadinanza e lavoro comunitari. Percorsi di superamento della rappresentanza nei Cosejos Comunales in Venezuela"
The paper analyses, the communal councils, consejos comunales, in the Sucre State of Venezuela. Communal councils are political bodies, centred on popular assemblies, of small settlements or urban neighbourhoods comprising up to 400 families. The paper addresses three crucial issues: a) their legislative background and creation of communal councils since 2006; b) the process of elaboration, financing and implementations of projects by communities; c) the participation of neighbours to the participatory processes. Communal council, notwithstanding substantial state and party interference, are minute segments of society that constitute themselves as political bodies thus overcoming the dichotomy between elected politicians and citizens through forms of self-organization and an egalitarian participation.
