A Rude Awakening: the Underside of Venezuela’s Civil Society in the Time of Hugo Chávez

Civil Society and social movements have been heralded as vehicles for democratization in Latin America under the assumption that increased citizen participation in the political process could only strengthen democratic culture. After decades of social mobilization, participatory democracy was insti...

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Autores principales:	María Pilar García Guadilla, Ana L. Mallén
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Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Civil society sociopolitical polarization sociopolitical conflicts social movements participative democracy institutionalization of citizen’s participation Law K Political science J
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/9477a09ffa1f4103a940cf33f1408659
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9477a09ffa1f4103a940cf33f14086592021-11-27T13:10:44ZA Rude Awakening: the Underside of Venezuela’s Civil Society in the Time of Hugo Chávez10.12797/Politeja.10.2013.24.101733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/9477a09ffa1f4103a940cf33f14086592021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/3560https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 Civil Society and social movements have been heralded as vehicles for democratization in Latin America under the assumption that increased citizen participation in the political process could only strengthen democratic culture. After decades of social mobilization, participatory democracy was institutionalized in the Venezuelan Constitution of 1999 endowing Civil Society with unprecedented political powers and effectively legitimizing Civil Society’s incursion into the political. While this institutionalization may have fomented democratic practices;, it also unleashed a wave of violent confrontations between pro-Chávez and anti-Chávez forces weakening Venezuela’s democratic culture in their wake. We explore how the ethical principles attributed to Civil Society were undermined by conflicts fueled by polarization and increased citizen participation in the political process. María Pilar García GuadillaAna L. MallénKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleCivil societysociopolitical polarizationsociopolitical conflictssocial movementsparticipative democracyinstitutionalization of citizen’s participationLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 10, Iss 2 (24) (2021)
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topic	Civil society sociopolitical polarization sociopolitical conflicts social movements participative democracy institutionalization of citizen’s participation Law K Political science J
spellingShingle	Civil society sociopolitical polarization sociopolitical conflicts social movements participative democracy institutionalization of citizen’s participation Law K Political science J María Pilar García Guadilla Ana L. Mallén A Rude Awakening: the Underside of Venezuela’s Civil Society in the Time of Hugo Chávez
description	Civil Society and social movements have been heralded as vehicles for democratization in Latin America under the assumption that increased citizen participation in the political process could only strengthen democratic culture. After decades of social mobilization, participatory democracy was institutionalized in the Venezuelan Constitution of 1999 endowing Civil Society with unprecedented political powers and effectively legitimizing Civil Society’s incursion into the political. While this institutionalization may have fomented democratic practices;, it also unleashed a wave of violent confrontations between pro-Chávez and anti-Chávez forces weakening Venezuela’s democratic culture in their wake. We explore how the ethical principles attributed to Civil Society were undermined by conflicts fueled by polarization and increased citizen participation in the political process.
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title	A Rude Awakening: the Underside of Venezuela’s Civil Society in the Time of Hugo Chávez
title_short	A Rude Awakening: the Underside of Venezuela’s Civil Society in the Time of Hugo Chávez
title_full	A Rude Awakening: the Underside of Venezuela’s Civil Society in the Time of Hugo Chávez
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A Rude Awakening: the Underside of Venezuela’s Civil Society in the Time of Hugo Chávez

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