Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela

Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9781000546156
ISBN-13 : 1000546152
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Book Synopsis Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela by : John Brown

Download or read book Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela written by John Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a timely and nuanced analysis of the successes and shortcoming of efforts to move beyond market democracy in Bolivia and Venezuela. A twin crisis of democratic representation and socio-economic precarity created space for anti-system outsiders to emerge on the left flank of traditional party-systems in Bolivia and Venezuela, paving the way for a "post-neoliberal" democratization process. Over the course of the projects headed by Evo Morales in Bolivia and Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, however, power struggles emerged between a recalcitrant elite, the left-led government, and organized popular sectors. These tensions shaped the pathways that processes followed, with simultaneous democratization and de-democratization occurring whereby a partial deepening and extending of democratic quality for popular sectors was accompanied by the bending of liberal norms. Comparing the varying balance and forms of power between competing actors, this book offers a novel and rich explanation of the partial and stuttering efforts to advance a post-neoliberal democracy in Bolivia and Venezuela. Bringing important insights on the reasons for the emergence of anti-system leaders and parties, the impact that they have on the quality of democracy, and how progressive governments interact with social movements, this book will be of interest to researchers studying Latin America, as well as those specializing in development and political science more broadly.


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