Venezuela's Communal Councils: Survey and Interview Data on Participatory Institutions

An original survey of Communal Council participants and 51 interviews with government officials and grassroots members support a study of Venezuela's Consejos Comunales. The dataset, by Jose Morales-Arilla, was last updated on May 1, 2026, and is hosted by the American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) Dataverse. It underpins a theoretical and empirical analysis of how captured participatory institutions affect development and politics.

Use Cases

• Difference-in-differences analysis of institutional effects based on the described econometric approach.
• Survey-based analysis of participant behavior and outcomes within captured participatory institutions.
• Qualitative coding and thematic analysis based on the 51 conducted interviews.
• Testing theoretical frameworks linking government priorities to institutional performance.

Strengths

• Includes 51 original interviews with government officials and grassroots members.
• Combines quantitative survey data with qualitative interview data for mixed-methods analysis.
• Data supports a published theoretical framework in a major political science journal.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal and geographic bias inherent to the single-country case study.

Provenance

Source

American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) Dataverse

Collection Method

Original survey and 51 interviews conducted by the author.

Time Range

Covers periods of political stability and economic collapse in Venezuela, as described.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-01 20:51:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Venezuela