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Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela / Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold.
LIBRA JL3831 .C68 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Corrales, Javier, 1966-
- Series:
- Brookings Latin America Initiative book
- A Brookings Latin America Initiative Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic policy.
- Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-.
- Venezuela.
- Politics and government.
- Venezuela--Economic policy.
- Venezuela--Foreign relations--1999-.
- International relations.
- Chávez Frías, Hugo.
- Physical Description:
- x, 195 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- "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 institutions, including its oil industry"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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 Venezuela and beyond.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815704973
- 0815704976
- OCLC:
- 635492454
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