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Democracy on the ground : local politics in Latin America's left turn
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- Gabriel Hetland
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Columbia University Press, 2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- data file
- ISBNs
- 0231207700, 0231207719, 9780231207713, 9780231557092, 9780231207706, 0231557094
- OCLC
- on1381094306, on1381292402
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- Part I. Venezuela : refracting left-populist hegemony into participatory governance -- Venezuela : from crisis to left-populist hegemony -- Torres : participatory democracy in Venezuela's "First Socialist City" -- Sucre : administered democracy in a right-governed "Chavista City" -- Part II. Bolivia : refracting passive revolution, perpetuating clientelism -- Bolivia : from active to passive revolution -- Santa Cruz : technocratic clientelism, or fear of the masses -- El Alto : inverted clientelism in the rebel city -- Conclusion -- Methodological appendix. Thinking about the political in political ethnography
Subjects
- Municipal government -- Venezuela.
- Municipal government -- Bolivia.
- Torres (Venezuela) -- Politics and government.
- Sucre (Miranda, Venezuela) -- Politics and government.
- Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) -- Politics and government.
- El Alto (Bolivia) -- Politics and government.
- Right and left (Political science) -- Venezuela.
- Right and left (Political science) -- Bolivia.
- Venezuela -- Politics and government -- 1999-
- Bolivia -- Politics and government -- 2006-