‘Democracy under threat’: The foundation of the opposition in Venezuela

Title: ‘Democracy under threat’: The foundation of the opposition in Venezuela
Creator: González, Ybiskay
Relation: Bulletin of Latin American Research Vol. 40, Issue 1, p. 69-83
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/blar.13090
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2021
Description: This article sheds new light on how the Venezuelan Opposition was created and, more widely, on contemporary Venezuelan politics. By focusing on the Opposition's articulation of democracy, the article examines how this movement became possible and how it succeeded in maintaining support. Opinion articles covering the period October 2001 to April 2002 were analysed using the theoretical framework of logics within discourse theory. The article argues that although the Opposition succeeded in maintaining its support throughout Chávez's government, it contributed to the polarised politics that currently characterises Venezuela.
Subject: democracy; opposition; polarisation; populism; Venezuela
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1462159
Identifier: uon:46398
Identifier: ISSN:0261-3050
Language: eng
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