Democracy on the Ground

Honorable Mention, 2024 Marysa Navarro Best Book Prize, New England Council for Latin American Studies Is democracy possible only when it is safe for elites? Latin American history seems to suggest so. Right-wing forces have repeatedly deposed elected governments that challenged the rich and accepted democracy only after the defanging of the Left and widespread market reform. Latin America’s recent “left turn” raised the question anew: how would the Right react if democracy threatened elite inte