Gabriel Hetland

Democracy on the Ground

Local Politics in Latin America's Left Turn

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 151mm x 229mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 502g
• ISBN-13: 9780231207713
• ISBN-10: 0231207719
• Artikelnr.: 67075775

Autorenporträt

Gabriel Hetland

Inhaltsangabe

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