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Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela / Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brookings Latin America Iniciative BookPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.Description: x, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780815704973 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 987.06/42
LOC classification:
  • JL 3831 C823d 2011
Contents:
Introduction : new lessons from the Chavez revolution -- Power grabbing in democracy and the rise of a hybrid regime in Venezuela -- Economic policy and the oil honey pot -- Institutional resource curse : seizing political control of PDVSA -- Soft-balancing and social power diplomacy : Venezuela's new foreign policy and its contradictions -- Conclusion : hybrid regimes and populism in Venezuela and beyond.
Summary: "A study of the Venezuelan revolution headed by Hugo Châavez, first elected president in 1999, with emphasis on how Châavez 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 institutions, including its oil industry"--Provided by publisher.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JL 3831 C823d 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000105245

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index.

Introduction : new lessons from the Chavez revolution -- Power grabbing in democracy and the rise of a hybrid regime in Venezuela -- Economic policy and the oil honey pot -- Institutional resource curse : seizing political control of PDVSA -- Soft-balancing and social power diplomacy : Venezuela's new foreign policy and its contradictions -- Conclusion : hybrid regimes and populism in Venezuela and beyond.

"A study of the Venezuelan revolution headed by Hugo Châavez, first elected president in 1999, with emphasis on how Châavez 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 institutions, including its oil industry"--Provided by publisher.

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