Leonardo Avritzer

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Leonardo Avritzer is Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Mina Gerais. He is the author with Lucio R. Rennó of The Crisis of Democracy in Brazil (Springer 2026).

Reaction to Backsliding in Brazil and the United States

Brazil and the United States have convergent and divergent trajectories regarding the relationship between democracy and the rise and contention of autocratic populist... Read more.

The Crisis of Democracy as De-democratization

Looking back at transitions to democracy and the quality of democracy thirty years later There is a global crisis of democracy in play. It raises the possibility... Read more.

Democratic Degradation and the Bolivian Coup

A response to Andrew Arato’s reflections on Bolivia In 1639 Gabriel Naudé, a disciple of Machiavelli, defined a coup as those “uncommon situations... Read more.