{"product_id":"democracy-on-the-ground-9780231207706","title":"Democracy on the Ground","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA much-needed grassroots study of two ‘populist’ experiments in Venezuela and Bolivia. Gabriel Hetland is an astute observer of Latin American politics and this insightful, thoughtful book goes beyond the polemics and cliches to consider what democracy means to people whose opinions are rarely consulted. Indispensable. -- Greg Grandin, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHetland masterfully portrays the complexity of implementing democracy on the grassroots level in Latin America. -- Susan Eva Eckstein, author of \u003ci\u003eCuban Privilege: The Making of Immigrant Inequality in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this important book, Gabriel Hetland brings his illuminating fieldwork in Venezuela and Bolivia to make a compelling and original argument about how the nature of national political systems can shape the possibility for participatory action on the ground. -- Sujatha Fernandes, author of \u003ci\u003eWho Can Stop the Drums? Urban Social Movements in Chávez’s Venezuela\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemocracy on the Ground \u003c\/i\u003eexplores an interesting puzzle: why did political elites embrace participatory democracy in some Latin American cities and not others? This puzzle and Hetland’s findings are important to many debates about democracy, political elites, political parties, and participatory governance. His extensive fieldwork will be of great value to scholars and policy makers who want to better understand the political dynamics in this region -- Stephanie McNulty, author of \u003ci\u003eDemocracy From Above? The Unfulfilled Promise of Nationally Mandated Participatory Reforms\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis unexpected findings raise important questions for leftists anywhere hoping to one day exercise state power. * Jacobin *\u003cbr\u003eAn alluring read. * International Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is valuable to scholars and teachers of Latin American politics, political sociology, and comparative politics... \u003ci\u003eDemocracy on the Ground\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that it is not only possible to widen the sphere of democratic participation without inciting elite repression, but that it has empirically already happened. * Peace and Change *\u003cbr\u003eAn important contribution to studies of democracy, participation, and the Left. * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. Venezuela: Refracting Left-Populist Hegemony into Participatory Urban Governance\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Venezuela: From Crisis to Left-Populist Hegemony\u003cbr\u003e2. Torres: Participatory Democracy in “Venezuela’s First Socialist City”\u003cbr\u003e3. Sucre: Administered Democracy in a Right-Governed “Chavista City”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Bolivia: Refracting Passive Revolution, Perpetuating Clientelism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Bolivia: From Active to Passive Revolution\u003cbr\u003e5. Santa Cruz: Technocratic Clientelism, or Fear of the Masses\u003cbr\u003e6. El Alto: Inverted Clientelism in the Rebel City\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eMethodological Appendix: Thinking About the Political in Political Ethnography\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524658504023,"sku":"9780231207706","price":93.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231207706.jpg?v=1731857645","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/democracy-on-the-ground-9780231207706","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}