Corrales, Javier,  1966- <br/><br/>
Dragon in the tropics :  Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela / 
 Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela 
Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  c2011. 
 - x, 195 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - Brookings Latin America Iniciative Book .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815704973 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010043335 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Chávez Frías, Hugo.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-<br/>Venezuela--Economic policy.<br/>Venezuela--Foreign relations--1999-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JL 3831  / C823d 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>987.06/42