Hetland Democracy on the Ground

Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55709-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

This book examines the complex relationship of the Left, the Right, and democracy through the lens of local politics in Venezuela and Bolivia. Drawing on two years of fieldwork, Gabriel Hetland compares attempts at participatory reform in cities governed by the Left and Right in each country.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hetland, Gabriel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Gabriel Hetland is associate professor of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o studies at the University at Albany, State University of New York.