''Building the Commune'' is a 2016 book by sociologist and philosopher

George Ciccariello-Maher George Ciccariello-Maher (born March 12, 1979), also known as Geo Maher, is an American political scientist who was an associate professor of politics and global studies at Drexel University. After a tweet reputedly mocking the white genocide co ...

. In this work Maher focuses on the participatory democratic nature of the Venezuelan commune system focusing on the history of this institution developing within the poor barios of Venezuela during the economic troubles of the 1980s and 1990s and their political growth under the Hugo Chávez presidency.

Reception

According to Stephen Pimpare, "It is a thoughtful, far-ranging, and provocative book, and an important intervention."

References

2016 non-fiction books Books about Venezuela Verso Books books {{Polisci-book-stub