Book Reviews
Five Books I Reviewed in 2025 — And What They Tell Us About Democracy in Latin America
Taken together, these five books reveal a coherent picture of democracy in Latin America in 2025.
Smulovitz and Botero show us the arenas: law and courts as central sites of political struggle.
Payne, Zulver, Escoffier, Borges, Lloyd, and Vommaro identify the actors: anti-rights coalitions and a reconfigured right that competes for power within and against democratic institutions.
Caldeira Neto exposes the dangerous edge of this process, where democratic conflict tips into neofascist mobilization.
20.01.2026
