Political Participation of Civil Society in Latin America

Abstract

Review Essay of:– Social Movements and Leftist Governments in Latin America: Confrontation or co-optation?, edited by Gary Prevost, Carlos Oliva Campos and Harry E. Vanden, Zed Books, 2012. – Culturas políticas en la región andina, edited by Christian Buschges, Olaf Kaltmeier and Sebastian Thies, Iberoamericana, 2011.– La plasmación política de la diversidad: Autonomía y participación política indígena en América Latina, edited by Felipe Gómez Isa and Susana Ardanaz Iriarte, Universidad de Deusto, 2011.– Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy: Participation, Politics, and Culture under Chávez, edited by David Smilde and Daniel Hellinger, Duke University Press, 2011.