John Polga-Hecimovich

Professor Titular de Ciência Política, Academia Naval dos Estados UnidosPesquisador visitante, Universidad de Salamanca (2022–23)

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Publicações

Livro em destaque

Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro

Organizado por John Polga-Hecimovich e Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí

Como Nicolás Maduro transformou um regime híbrido enfraquecido em uma ditadura consolidada, apesar do colapso econômico, da emigração em massa e da pressão internacional? Este volume reúne especialistas de diversas ciências sociais para responder a essa pergunta. Seus capítulos examinam as Forças Armadas, as eleições, a economia, a oposição, os tribunais, o controle da informação, a governança criminosa e as alianças internacionais da Venezuela, e o livro desenvolve o conceito de consolidação autoritária para a análise comparada.

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Sumário

Os capítulos de John Polga-Hecimovich estão marcados com ●.

Introduction: Venezuela's Political Crisis and the Concept of Authoritarian Consolidation ●

Parte I. Fatores internos

Coup-Proofing the Venezuelan Military: Maduro's Innovations in the Face of Adversity ●
Control Tools: Elections, Maduro's Authoritarianism, and Regime Survival
Authoritarian Capitalism in Venezuela: The Political Economy of Maduro's Disorderly Liberalization
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Venezuelan Opposition under Maduro
Venezuela's (Un)Rule of Law under Nicolás Maduro
The Control of the Information Environment as a Pillar of Authoritarian Consolidation in Venezuela
Criminal Governance in the Post-Chávez Revolution in Times of Questioned Legitimacy
Can Decentralization Contribute to Authoritarian Consolidation? Venezuela under Chávez and Maduro

Parte II. Fatores internacionais

The Nexus of Power: Autocratic International Cooperation and the Consolidation of Authoritarianism in Venezuela
The Maduro Doctrine: Foreign Policy Strategy and Regime Survival in Contemporary Venezuela
Circular Talks: Political Dialogue, Foreign Facilitation, and Authoritarian Learning in Venezuela
U.S. Foreign Policy, the Opposition, and the Maduro Government: Venezuela's Authoritarian Slide in Ten Episodes
Exit, Voice, Loyalty, and Hunger: The Instrumentalization of Emigration under Nicolás Maduro
The Venezuelan Diaspora and Maduro's Authoritarian Consolidation

Parte III. Reflexões críticas

Evaluating Authoritarian Consolidation in Venezuela ●

Reconhecimento e resenhas

Selecionado pela revista The Economist entre os “seis livros para ler sobre a Venezuela” (janeiro de 2026)
ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America — Deborah Norden, 2026
European Political Science — Mariana Vahlis, 2026
Cahiers des Amériques latines — Thomas Posado, 2026

Ficha técnica

Routledge, março de 2025 · 344 páginas · ISBN 978-1-032-60165-6

2026
Venezuela 2025: Chronicle of a Fall Foretold
Com Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí. Revista de Ciencia Política, 46(2)
2026
Tracing Bilateral Security Cooperation: The Asymmetric Deterioration of US–Venezuelan Defense Relations
Com Fabiana Perera. International Politics, 63: 633–658
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2025
Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás MaduroLivro
Com Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí (eds.). New York: Routledge
Resenhas: ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America (Deborah Norden, 2026) · European Political Science (Mariana Vahlis, 2026) · Cahiers des Amériques latines (Thomas Posado, 2026)
Sobre o livro ↑
Selecionado pela revista The Economist entre os “seis livros para ler sobre a Venezuela” (janeiro de 2026)
2025
Introduction: Venezuela's Political Crisis and the Concept of Authoritarian ConsolidationCapítulo
Com Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí. Em Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, org. J. Polga-Hecimovich and R. Sánchez Urribarrí. New York: Routledge, 1–20
2025
Coup-Proofing the Venezuelan Military: Maduro's Innovations in the Face of AdversityCapítulo
Em Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, org. J. Polga-Hecimovich and R. Sánchez Urribarrí. New York: Routledge, 23–41
2025
Evaluating Authoritarian Consolidation in VenezuelaCapítulo
Com Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí. Em Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, org. J. Polga-Hecimovich and R. Sánchez Urribarrí. New York: Routledge, 299–311
2025
Las elecciones presidenciales de Ecuador 2025: ¿Realineamiento y bipartidismo sin partidos?
Com Javier Rodríguez Sandoval. Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política, 34(1)
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2025
Presidential Failure—or Party Failure? A Review Essay
Political Science Quarterly, advance online publication
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2025
Transnational Organized Crime and the Venezuelan State
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 26(1): 238–246
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2025
The Logic of Ambitious Legislators in Fluid Party Systems
Thomas J. Mustillo, J. Polga-Hecimovich e Francisco Sánchez. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 50(2): 148–165
2025
Representation and Party Dynamics: The Interplay of Electoral Systems, Social Cleavages, and Political Ideas in ChileCapítulo
Com Kenneth Bunker. Em Crisis de la representatividad de la democracia liberal: presente y futuro, org. J. Abedrapo Rojas. Santiago, Chile: Tirant lo Blanch, 81–118
2025
PrólogoCapítulo
Em ¿Cuál es el impacto real de las sanciones sobre Cuba y Venezuela? Una mirada plural alejada de la propaganda oficial, org. S. Angel Baquero. Bogotá: Universidad Sergio Arboleda, 9–11
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2024
Political Survival and… Authoritarian Consolidation? The Maduro Government and Venezuela's Political Crisis
Com Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí. Pensamiento Propio, 28(58): 17–49
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2024
Latin AmericaCapítulo
Em The Routledge Handbook of Autocratization, org. A. Croissant and L. Tomini. Abingdon: Routledge
2024
Latin America: Between Governability Crises and the Impeachment TrapCapítulo
Em Impeachment in a Global Context: Law, Politics and Comparative Practice, org. C. Monaghan, A. Huq, and M. Flinders. New York: Routledge, 100–115
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2024
Maxwell A. Cameron and Grace M. Jaramillo, eds., Challenges to Democracy in the Andes: Strongmen, Broken Constitutions, and Regimes in CrisisResenha
Latin American Politics and Society, 66(1): 193–196
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2024
Fortunato Musella, Monocratic Government: The Impact of Personalization on Democratic RegimesResenha
Contemporary Italian Politics, 16(1): 99–101
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2023
Civil-Military Relations and Democracy in Latin America in the 2020sCapítulo
Em Latin America in Times of Turbulence: Presidentialism under Stress, org. M. Llanos and L. Marsteintredet. New York: Routledge, 188–205
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2023
The Evolution of Crime Policy and Attitudes Toward Mano Dura in EcuadorCapítulo
Em Mano Dura Policies in Latin America, org. S. Cutrona and J. Rosen. New York: Routledge, 99–114
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2023
La persecución de los secretos: cómo las agencias de inteligencia se arriesgan a socavar a los líderesCapítulo
Com Cullen Nutt. Em Inteligencia estratégica del futuro: pensamiento crítico e interconectado en un mundo global, org. M.D. Ordóñez. Alcalá: Marcial Pons, 99–112
2023
Javier Corrales, Autocracy Rising: How Venezuela Transitioned to AuthoritarianismResenha
ReVista: The Harvard Review of Latin America
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2022
Coaliciones reformistas y tipo de régimen: Una teoría del cambio electoral aplicado al Ecuador
Revista Ecuatoriana de Ciencia Política, 1(1): 81–100
PDF Versão em inglês (PDF)
2022
Venezuelan Regional Elections, Democratic Backsliding, and Autocratization in the 2010s
Regional & Federal Studies, 32(4): 437–458
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2022
Divergent Paths of (De-)Politicization: The Colombian and Venezuelan Public AdministrationsCapítulo
Em Handbook on the Politics of Public Administration, org. A. Ladner and F. Sager. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 380–392
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2021
The Bureaucratic Perils of Presidentialism: Political Impediments to Good Governance in Latin America
Korean Journal of Policy Studies, 36(4): 1–14
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2021
Ecuador's Return to the Past
Com Francisco Sánchez. Journal of Democracy, 32(3): 5–18
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2021
Student Attitudes towards Campus Diversity at the United States Naval Academy: Evidence from Conjoint Survey Experiments
Com John M. Carey e Yusaku Horiuchi. Armed Forces & Society, 47(2): 386–409
Dados de replicação
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2021
Venezuela: The Erosion of Security CapacityCapítulo
Em Security and Democracy in Latin America, org. G. Marcella, O. Pérez, and B. Fonseca. Abingdon: Routledge, 157–174
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2021
Two Nations, One Revolution: The Evolution of Contemporary Cuba-Venezuela RelationsCapítulo
Com Brian Fonseca. Em Venezuela's Authoritarian Allies: The Ties that Bind, org. C. Arnson. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center, 102–121
2020
Party, Candidate, and Voter Incentives under Free List Proportional Representation
Com Thomas J. Mustillo. Journal of Theoretical Politics, 32(1): 143–167
2020
Reshaping the State: The Unitary Executive Presidency of Rafael CorreaCapítulo
Em Assessing the Left Turn in Ecuador, org. F. Sánchez and S. Pachano. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 15–39
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2020
Two Nations, One Revolution: The Evolution of Contemporary Cuba-Venezuela RelationsDocumento de política
Com Brian Fonseca. Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
2019
Bureaucracy and the Failure of Politics: Challenges to Democratic Governance
Kenneth J. Meier, Mallory Compton, J. Polga-Hecimovich, Miyeon Song e Cameron Wimpy. Administration & Society, 51(10): 1576–1605
2019
La presidencia del ejecutivo unitario de Rafael Correa
Revista Latinoamericana de Política Comparada, 15: 99–122
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2019
Bureaucratic Politicization, Partisan Attachments, and the Limits of Public Agency Legitimacy: The Venezuelan Armed Forces under Chavismo
Latin American Research Review, 54(2): 476–498
Dados Código Apêndice
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2019
The Tools of Institutional Change under Post-Neoliberalism: Rafael Correa's Ecuador
Francisco Sánchez e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Journal of Latin American Studies, 51(2): 379–408
2019
Ideologia versus capacidade: Dilma Rousseff, as Forças Armadas, e o Programa de Aceleração do CrescimentoCapítulo
Em Instituições, comportamento político e democracia, org. L. Santana. Maceió: Editora da Universidade Federal de Alagoas (EDUFAL), 33–60
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2019
The Rise of Organized Crime in Venezuela under ChavismoCapítulo
Em The Criminalization of States: The Relationship between States and Organized Crime, org. J. Rosen, B. Bagley, and J. Chabat. Lanham: Lexington Books, 189–207
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2019
Bureaucracy in Latin AmericaCapítulo
Em Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, org. G. Prevost. Oxford: Oxford University Press
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2019
Ecuadorian Military CultureDocumento de política
Florida International University, Miami
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2018
Measures and Votes: Party Performance under Free List Proportional Representation with Evidence from Ecuador
Com Thomas J. Mustillo. Electoral Studies, 56: 124–135
Dados e apêndice
2018
Presidential Candidate Selection in Comparative PerspectiveCapítulo
Em Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science, org. L.S. Maisel. Oxford: Oxford University Press
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2018
Explaining Military Coups and Impeachments in Latin AmericaCapítulo
Com Aníbal Pérez-Liñán. Em The Military's Impact on Democratic Development: Midwives or Gravediggers of Democracy?, org. D. Kuehn. London and New York: Routledge, 57–76
2018
Against All Odds: Unilateral Executives and Portfolio Allocation in Ecuador (1979–2015)Capítulo
Com Santiago Basabe-Serrano e Andrés Mejía Acosta. Em Government Formation and Minister Turnover in Presidential Cabinets: Comparative Analysis in the Americas, org. M. Camerlo and C. Martínez-Gallardo. London: Routledge, 182–206
2017
Explaining Military Coups and Impeachments in Latin America
Aníbal Pérez-Liñán e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Democratization, 24(5): 839–858
Dados de replicação
2017
Crisis económicas y protestas sociales como explicación de las caídas presidenciales: un análisis de causalidad coyuntural múltiple aplicado al caso ecuatoriano
Santiago Basabe-Serrano e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Perfiles Latinoamericanos, 25(50): 129–153
2017
Venezuelan Overview
Com Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí e Iñaki Sagarzazu. LASA Forum, 48(1): 35–38
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2017
The Roots of Venezuela's Failing StateDocumento de política
Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, 10(9)
2016
The Organizational Consequences of Politics: A Research Agenda for the Study of Bureaucratic Politics in Latin America
Com Alejandro Trelles. Latin American Politics and Society, 58(4): 56–79
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2016
Latin America: Bureaucracy and Policy ImplementationCapítulo
Em Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, 3rd ed., org. M. Dubnick and D. Bearfield. New York: Taylor & Francis
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2016
Venezuelan Military CultureDocumento de política
Com Brian Fonseca e Harold Trinkunas. Florida International University, Miami
2016
Barry Cannon, The Right in Latin America: Elite Power, Hegemony and the Struggle for the StateResenha
E-International Relations
2016
Rosario Queirolo, The Success of the Left in Latin America: Untainted Parties, Market Reforms, and Voting BehaviorResenha
Com Peter M. Siavelis. Democratization, 23(2): 370–372
2015
Here's the Bias! A (Re-)reassessment of the Chilean Electoral System
Com Peter M. Siavelis. Electoral Studies, 40: 268–279
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2015
Desempeño económico y protesta ciudadana como causas de las caídas presidenciales: evidencia empírica en el caso ecuatorianoCapítulo
Santiago Basabe-Serrano e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Em Democracia local y participación ciudadana desde una perspectiva latinoamericana, org. M.L. Eberhardt. Buenos Aires: Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche, 73–102
2014
¿Hacia una superación del clivaje regional? La evolución de la nacionalización de los partidos políticos ecuatorianos
América Latina Hoy, 67: 91–118
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Reimpresso em Antología de la democracia ecuatoriana, 1979–2020, ed. M. Calderón. Quito: Instituto de la Democracia, 2020, 279–320. PDF
2014
Ni Chicha ni Limoná: Party Nationalization in Pre- and Post-Authoritarian Chile
Scott Morgenstern, J. Polga-Hecimovich e Peter M. Siavelis. Party Politics, 20(5): 751–766
2014
Seven Imperatives for Improving the Measurement of Party Nationalization with Evidence from Chile
Scott Morgenstern, J. Polga-Hecimovich e Peter M. Siavelis. Electoral Studies, 33: 186–199
2014
The 2013 Ecuadorian General Elections
Jason Eichorst e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Electoral Studies, 34: 361–365
2013
Tall, Grande, or Venti, but not Short: Comparing Presidential Powers in the U.S. and Latin America
Scott Morgenstern, J. Polga-Hecimovich e Sarah Shair-Rosenfield. Journal of Politics in Latin America, 5(2): 37–70
2013
Ecuador: Estabilidad institucional y la consolidación de poder de Rafael Correa
Revista de Ciencia Política, 33(1): 135–160
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2013
Legislative Coalitions and Judicial Turnover under Political Uncertainty: The Case of Ecuador
Santiago Basabe-Serrano e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Political Research Quarterly, 66(1): 153–166
2013
Santiago Basabe Serrano, Jueces sin toga: políticas judiciales y toma de decisiones en el Tribunal Constitucional del Ecuador (1999–2007)Resenha
Revista de Ciencia Política, 33(3): 729–733
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2011
Coalition Erosion and Presidential Instability in Ecuador
Andrés Mejía Acosta e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Latin American Politics and Society, 53(2): 87–111
Tradução para o espanhol: “Soluciones parlamentarias a las crisis presidenciales en Ecuador,” Revista Latinoamericana de Política Comparada 4(1): 49–73, 2011.
2010
Políticos, militares y ciudadanos: un análisis de las caídas presidenciales en Ecuador (1997–2005)Livro
Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional–Abya Yala
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2010
Parliamentary Solutions to Presidential CrisesCapítulo
Com Andrés Mejía Acosta. Em Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America: Causes and Outcomes of Executive Instability in Developing Democracies, org. M. Llanos and L. Marsteintredet. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 73–90
Tradução para o espanhol: “Soluciones parlamentarias a las crisis presidenciales,” in Algo más que presidentes: el papel del poder legislativo en América Latina, ed. M. Alcántara and M. García Montero. Zaragoza: Fundación Manuel Giménez Abad, 2011, 479–505.
2010
John M. Carey, Legislative Voting and AccountabilityResenha
Política y Gobierno, 17(2): 396–399
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2008
The Primary Election 'Bonus' in Latin AmericaCapítulo
Com John M. Carey. Em Designing Democratic Government: Making Institutions Work, org. M. Levi, J. Johnson, J. Knight, and S. Stokes. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 227–247
2006
Primary Elections and Candidate Strength in Latin America
John M. Carey e J. Polga-Hecimovich. Journal of Politics, 68(3): 530–543

Trabalhos em andamento

Livros

Ring-Around-the-Red-Tape: Powerful Presidents and Weak Bureaucracies in Latin America
Latin American Politics and Development, 11th edition
Com Christine Wade (eds.), Routledge