Professor of Political Sociology at UNED, Madrid. His latest books: The Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements (Oxford University Press) and Social Movements and Democracy (National Electoral Institute of Mexico).
The right-wing forces in Argentina and Brazil converge in their reaction to the expansion of rights, but differ in their historical roots and strategies for building power.
The crisis of democracy does not stem from mobilized masses, but from economic elites who, operating from within, have learned to govern without accountability.
