Author: Miriam Kornblith | Journal of Democracy

Articles by Miriam Kornblith:

July 2013, Volume 24, Issue 3

Latin America’s Authoritarian Drift: Chavismo After Chávez?

Miriam Kornblith

Can a regime built by and centered around a populist strongman survive that strongman’s death? A natural experiment is now unfolding in Venezuela as a resurgent opposition and a crisis of governability converge on the would-be heirs of Hugo Chávez.

January 2005, Volume 16, Issue 1

The Referendum in Venezuela: Elections versus Democracy

Miriam Kornblith

While charges of electronic fraud in the actual voting or vote-counting are unproven, the dubious and even illegal tactics that the Chavez regime used throughout the larger process point to rampant "institutional fraud" that is undermining Venezuelan democracy.