The relationship between some models of Russian popular participation, Cuban and Venezuelan

Abstract

This research aimed to present a comparative historical study on the form of the society protagonist participation as part of a management model within society and linked with the state. In Venezuela they created the Community Councils and they were given legal status with a law published in 2006; but this study has inquired its historical origins taking the figure of the Russia Soviets and the Popular Councils of Cuba as an antecedent of its creation in Venezuela. The methodological approach used was documentary. 

In conclusion, the soviets emerge spontaneously among the workers that were on strike during 1905, as coordinating bodies of the union struggle (workers' commissions) for factories and responsible for leading the strike; the Popular Councils of Cuba act as audit figures as well as important pieces on the participation of the community in solving its problems. On the other side, the Community Councils of Venezuela are participative bodies that perform and promote the implementation of activities of general interest of the community, some of which have reached to manage public resources, while being required to keep records and give account for the use of public property.