Illusion and disillusion

Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela, John Brown, reviewed by Gavin O'Toole

Deepening Democracy in Post-Neoliberal Bolivia and Venezuela: Advances and Setbacks, John Brown, 2022, Routledge

A striking aspect of contemporary politics is growing loss of faith in “democracy” across the social spectrum.

This is not a value judgement, but founded upon solid empirical evidence suggesting, in a range of established “liberal democracies”,…