Democracy on the Ground : : Local Politics in Latin America's Left Turn / / / Gabriel Hetland.
Is democracy possible only when it is safe for elites? Latin American history seems to suggest so. Right-wing forces have repeatedly deposed elected governments that challenged the rich and accepted democracy only after the defanging of the Left and widespread market reform. Latin America's rec...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I VENEZUELA: REFRACTING LEFT-POPULIST HEGEMONY INTO PARTICIPATORY URBAN GOVERNANCE
- 1 Venezuela: From Crisis to Left-Populist Hegemony
- 2 Torres: Participatory Democracy in "Venezuela's First Socialist City"
- 3 Sucre: Administered Democracy in a Right-Governed "Chavista City"
- PART II BOLIVIA: REFRACTING PASSIVE REVOLUTION, PERPETUATING CLIENTELISM
- 4 Bolivia: From Active to Passive Revolution
- 5 Santa Cruz: Technocratic Clientelism, or Fear of the Masses
- 6 El Alto: Inverted Clientelism in the Rebel City
- Conclusion
- Methodological Appendix: Thinking About the Political in Political Ethnography
- Notes
- References
- Index