Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy brings together a variety of perspectives on participation and democracy in Venezuela. An interdisciplinary group of contributors focuses on the everyday lives of Venezuelans, examining the forms of participation that have emerged in communal councils, cultural activities, blogs, community media, and several other forums. The essays validate many of the critiques of democracy under Chávez, as well as much of the praise. They show that while government corporatism and clientelism are constant threats, the forms of political and cultural participation discussed are creating new discourses, networks, and organizational spaces—for better and for worse. With open yet critical minds, the contributors seek to analyze Venezuela's Bolivarian democratic experience through empirical research. In doing so, they reveal a nuanced process, a richer and more complex one than is conveyed in international journalism and scholarship exclusively focused on the words and actions of Hugo Chávez.

Contributors
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru
Julia Buxton
Luis Duno Gottberg
Sujatha Fernandes
María Pilar García-Guadilla
Kirk A. Hawkins
Daniel Hellinger
Michael E. Johnson
Luis E. Lander
Margarita López-Maya
Elizabeth Gackstetter Nichols
Coraly Pagan
Guillermo Rosas
Naomi Schiller
David Smilde
Alejandro Velasco

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Information

Publisher

Duke University Press Books

Year

2011

ISBN

9780822394310

Topic

History

Subtopic

Latin American & Caribbean History

Index

History

Contents
Foreword: Venezuela’s Bolivarian Democracy
Introduction: Participation, Politics, and Culture—Emerging Fragments of Venezuela’s Bolivarian Democracy
1. Defying the Iron Law of Oligarchy I: How Does “El Pueblo” Conceive Democracy?
2. Participatory Democracy in Venezuela: Origins, Ideas, and Implementation
3. Urban Land Committees: Co-optation, Autonomy, and Protagonism
4. Catia Sees You: Community Television, Clientelism, and the State in the Chávez Era
5. Radio Bemba in an Age of Electronic Media: The Dynamics of Popular Communication in Chávez’s Venezuela
6. “We Are Still Rebels”: The Challenge of Popular History in Bolivarian Venezuela
7. The Misiones of the Chávez Government
8. Defying the Iron Law of Oligarchy II: Debating Democracy Online in Venezuela
9. Venezuela’s Telenovela: Polarization and Political Discourse in Cosita Rica
10. The Color of Mobs: Racial Politics, Ethnopopulism, and Representation in the Chávez Era
11. Taking Possession of Public Discourse: Women and the Practice of Political Poetry in Venezuela
12. Christianity and Politics in Venezuela’s Bolivarian Democracy: Catholics, Evangelicals, and Political Polarization
Afterword: Chavismo and Venezuelan Democracy in a New Decade
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