Gabriel Hetland | The Nation

Gabriel Hetland

Gabriel Hetland is a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on participatory budgeting in Venezuela and Bolivia. Since November, he has been a core member of the Community Democracy Project in Oakland.

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What Next for Venezuela, After Chávez? (Social Justice, Politics, World)

He may have been a dominant, charismatic leader, but Chavismo is an internally diverse, deeply rooted movement that will not disappear anytime soon.

Gabriel Hetland

A New Way to Occupy City Hall: Participatory Budgeting

Through participatory budgeting, can Occupy bring the movement for direct democracy into the heart of government power?

Gabriel Hetland and Abigail N. Martin

Grassroots Democracy in Venezuela (Activism, World)

One town’s participatory budget has attracted activists and officials from around the world.

Gabriel Hetland

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