How autocracy flourished even as the economy failed in VenezuelaAn
alarming number of countries that once were seemingly stable
democracies have veered in recent years toward authoritarianism a
trend known as "democratic backsliding." One of those countries in
Venezuela, which enjoyed periods of democratically elected
governments in the latter half of the twentieth century but in the
past two decades has increasingly descended into autocratic rule,
coupled with economic collapse. Venezuela's Transition to
Authoritarianism, written by a veteran scholar of Venezuela and
Latin American politics generally explores how and why this
happened. Corrales argues that Venezuela's slide began with the
policies of former president Hugo Chavez policies that were based
on government control of the economy and in turn generated a
lingering economic crisis. After he succeeded Chavez in 2013,
Nicolas Maduro not only entrenched the failed economic policies but
also responded to various crises by establishing institutions that
further undermined democracy. Each of Maduro's responses may have
solved a short-term problem but collectively they destroyed both
any pretense of democracy in Venezuela and prospects for his own
long-term success. Corrales analyzes the lingering crisis in
Venezuela by comparing it to twenty cases in Latin America where
presidents were forced out of office. Regardless of how the current
situation ends in Venezuela, His book illuminates the depressing
cycle in which semi-authoritarian regimes become increasingly
autocratic in response to crises, only to cause new crises that led
to even greater authoritarianism.
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