Dragon in the Tropics : Venezuela and the Legacy of Hugo Chavez /

"A study of the Venezuelan revolution headed by Hugo Chávez, first elected president in 1999, with emphasis on how Chávez took a frail but still pluralistic democracy and turned it into a semi-authoritarian regime, achieving political transformation at great cost to the country's institu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Corrales, Javier, 1966- (Autor), Penfold-Becerra, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Brookings Latin America Initiative book.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Maduro, Nicolás, > 1962-
Chávez Frías, Hugo.
Venezuela > Foreign relations > 1999-
Venezuela > Economic policy.
Venezuela > Politics and government > 1999-
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the Chávez revolution in perspective
  • Power grabbing and the rise of a hybrid regime in Venezuela, 1999-2009
  • Economic policy and the oil honey pot
  • Institutional resource curse : seizing political control of PDVSA
  • Venezuela's new foreign policy : soft-balancing and social-power diplomacy
  • Hybrid regimes and populism in comparative perspective
  • Dragon no more : the politics of succession--linkages abroad and factional struggles at home
  • The less competitive, more authoritarian regime
  • Conclusion : hybrid regimes and regime change.

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