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The revolution in Venezuela : social and political change under Chávez / edited by Thomas Ponniah and Jonathan Eastwood.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies (Harvard University)Publication details: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2011.Description: vi, 338 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780674061385
  • 0674061381
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 987.0642
LOC classification:
  • 120 F 2329 R454 2011
Contents:
Introduction : the revolution in Venezuela / Jonathan Eastwood -- pt. I. State/society relations. State reflections : the 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez / Fernando Coronil -- Why polarize? Advantages and disadvantages of a rational-choice analysis of government-opposition relations under Hugo Chávez / Javier Corrales -- Venezuela's experiment in participatory democracy / Gregory Wilpert -- Venezuela's presidential elections of 2006 : toward 21st century socialism? / Margarita López-Maya and Luis E. Lander -- pt. II. The Bolivarian project. Advancing women's rights from inside and outside the Bolivarian Revolution, 1998-2010 / Cathy A. Rakowski and Giaconda Espina -- Venezuela in the Chávez years : its economy and influence on the region / Mark Weisbrot -- History is not over : " the Bolivarian Revolution, "Barrio Adentro," and health care in Venezuela / Carles Muntaner, Haejoo Chung, Qamar Mahmood, and Francisco Armada -- The new balancing act : international relations theory and Venezuela's foreign policy / Mark Eric Williams -- Conclusion : the conceptual revolution in Venezuela / Thomas Ponniah.
Summary: Is Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chávez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chávez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 120 F 2329 R454 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000183114

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Introduction : the revolution in Venezuela / Jonathan Eastwood -- pt. I. State/society relations. State reflections : the 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez / Fernando Coronil -- Why polarize? Advantages and disadvantages of a rational-choice analysis of government-opposition relations under Hugo Chávez / Javier Corrales -- Venezuela's experiment in participatory democracy / Gregory Wilpert -- Venezuela's presidential elections of 2006 : toward 21st century socialism? / Margarita López-Maya and Luis E. Lander -- pt. II. The Bolivarian project. Advancing women's rights from inside and outside the Bolivarian Revolution, 1998-2010 / Cathy A. Rakowski and Giaconda Espina -- Venezuela in the Chávez years : its economy and influence on the region / Mark Weisbrot -- History is not over : " the Bolivarian Revolution, "Barrio Adentro," and health care in Venezuela / Carles Muntaner, Haejoo Chung, Qamar Mahmood, and Francisco Armada -- The new balancing act : international relations theory and Venezuela's foreign policy / Mark Eric Williams -- Conclusion : the conceptual revolution in Venezuela / Thomas Ponniah.

Is Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chávez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chávez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear.

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