Participatory democracy, social protests and authoritarianism in 21st century socialism: Venezuelan student movement

Abstract

Following a political opportunities structure approach and the notion of collective identity, one of the objectives of this work is to analyze the mobilizations and cycles of protest in which the Venezuelan student movement, the actor with the greatest credibility, participated during the period 2007-2019. The purpose is to know the impact of the closure of the political system on participation, polarization and the growing authoritarianism and repression on its success or failure.

Keywords

• movimiento estudiantil venezolano
• protestas
• democracia participativa
• socialismo del siglo xxi
• autoritarismo