Wilde, Matt (2016) Utopian disjunctures: popular democracy and the communal state in urban Venezuela. Critique of Anthropology . ISSN 0308-275X (In Press)
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Abstract
This article examines the Venezuelan government’s efforts to establish a “communal state” through the eyes of working-class chavista activists in the city of Valencia. It argues that the attempt to incorporate grassroots community organisations into a state-managed model of popular democracy produces a series of “utopian disjunctures” for the actors involved. These disjunctures, the article contends, stem from conflicting political temporalities within the chavista project, as long-term aspirations of radical democracy clash with more short-term demands to obtain state resources and consolidate the government’s power. The case highlights the tensions generated by efforts to reconcile radical democratic experiments with left-nationalist electoral politics.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://coa.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology J Political Science > JL Political institutions (America except United States) |
| Sets: | Departments > Anthropology |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council, Society for Latin American Studies (SLAS) |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2015 08:18 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/62523/ |
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