Building the Commune

Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela
First edition
AuthorGeorge Ciccariello-Maher
SubjectNonfiction
PublisherVerso Books, Jacobin magazine
Publication date
2016
Media typePrint
Pages138 pp.

Building the Commune is a 2016 book by sociologist and philosopher George Ciccariello-Maher. In this work Maher focuses on the participatory democratic nature of the Venezuelan commune system focusing on the history of this institution developing within the poor barios of Venezuela during the economic troubles of the 1980s and 1990s and their political growth under the Hugo Chávez presidency.[1]

Reception

According to Stephen Pimpare, "It is a thoughtful, far-ranging, and provocative book, and an important intervention."[2]

References

  1. ^ "Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela by George Ciccariello-Maher". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  2. ^ Skinner, Curtis (2018). "Book Review: Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela". Review of Radical Political Economics. 50 (4): 857–860. doi:10.1177/0486613417753774. S2CID 158980364.
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