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Brazil’s Democracy Back in the Streets

Bryan McCann ▪ June 13, 2016

If there is any positive aspect to Brazil’s current crisis, it is the reemergence of non-partisan, civil-society mobilization in response to impeachment and its fallout.

Populism and Democratic Socialism in Latin America: Reply

Patrick Iber ▪ June 13, 2016

Democratic socialism cannot emerge exclusively, or even primarily, from the grassroots—it implies the structuring of social resources in ways that require government action.

The Path to Democratic Socialism: Lessons from Latin America

Patrick Iber ▪ Spring 2016

Significant change to our political economy will require significant change to our structure of government. It is hard to see how to get there without some kind of “populist” moment, fraught with danger to other values we believe to be essential.