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We are the state! : barrio activism in Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution / Cristobal Valencia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Valencia, Cristobal, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--Venezuela.
- Political participation.
- Politics and government.
- Venezuela.
- Venezuela--Politics and government--21st century.
- Venezuela--Social conditions--1999-.
- Social conditions.
- Venezuela--History--1999-.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- "This book is about Hugo Chávez's supporters: the Chavistas, the life-blood of Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution. "We are the State!" examines the race, class, and gender subjective experiences of the Chavistas in everyday processes of state formation and in establishing democracy"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Chavez's atomic bomb
- Upsetting Miss Universe
- Ahora Venezuela es de todos
- We are the state!
- Organizing barrio metropolitano
- Active marooning
- Conclusion : counter-hegemony as state-craft.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816531561
- 0816531560
- OCLC:
- 894747985
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