Smilde on polarization in Venezuela and homicide estimates (July 5, 2016)
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A few interesting pieces on Venezuela, mostly from WOLA's Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights site. Writing on the fourth anniversary of the blog, David Smilde gives a lucid overview of the polarization of Venezuelan politics. "In the past seventeen years Venezuela has been subject to a vertiginous process of political polarization in which democratic representation has been the most important casualty. The centrifugal pressures of Venezuela’s political process are such that each side is continually threatening to slip out of the space of democratic contention, justifying their anti-democratic impulses by pointing to the treachery of “the other side.” Venezuela’s political actors put forward a continual flow of dehumanizing images that demand radical action now, lest the monstrous “other” side have their way and commit unspeakable acts of barbarism."
Smilde on polarization in Venezuela and homicide estimates (July 5, 2016)
Smilde on polarization in Venezuela and…
Smilde on polarization in Venezuela and homicide estimates (July 5, 2016)
A few interesting pieces on Venezuela, mostly from WOLA's Venezuelan Politics and Human Rights site. Writing on the fourth anniversary of the blog, David Smilde gives a lucid overview of the polarization of Venezuelan politics. "In the past seventeen years Venezuela has been subject to a vertiginous process of political polarization in which democratic representation has been the most important casualty. The centrifugal pressures of Venezuela’s political process are such that each side is continually threatening to slip out of the space of democratic contention, justifying their anti-democratic impulses by pointing to the treachery of “the other side.” Venezuela’s political actors put forward a continual flow of dehumanizing images that demand radical action now, lest the monstrous “other” side have their way and commit unspeakable acts of barbarism."