Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela

This book provides a timely and nuanced analysis of the successes and shortcoming of efforts to move beyond market democracy in Bolivia and Venezuela. It will be of interest to researchers studying Latin America, as well as those specialising in development and political science more broadly.

John Brown is a lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Politics, Maynooth University, Ireland.

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 Chávez: Venezuela in historical context. 3: Progressive and regressive centralization: the Hugo Chávez years, 1999-2013. 4: From regressive to authoritarian centralization: Nicolás 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.