Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela : Advances and Setbacks (Paperback)

Introduction: The crisis of market democracy and the emergence of anti-system outsiders.  1: Re-conceptualizing democratization in progressive-outsider cases.  2: Crisis of market democracy and making space for outsider Hugo Chavez: Venezuela in historical context.  3: Progressive and regressive centralization: the Hugo Chavez years, 1999-2013.  4: From regressive to authoritarian centralization: Nicolas Maduro, 2013-21.  5: Crisis of market democracy and making space for outsider Evo Morales: Bolivia in historical context.  6: Progressive and regressive centralization: the Evo Morales’ years, 2006-14.  7: Splits in the popular base, the return of the opposition, and the removal of Evo Morales, 2014-21.  8: Venezuela and Bolivia in comparison: toward a typological theory of outsider-led, post-neoliberal democratization.  Conclusion: oligarchy, populisms, and pathways out of the crisis of democracy.