Electing Chávez : the business of anti-neoliberal politics in Venezuela / Leslie C. Gates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gates, Leslie C., author.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series.

Pitt Latin American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--Venezuela.

Neoliberalism.

Social movements--Venezuela.

Social movements.

Elections--Venezuela.

Elections.

Presidents--Venezuela--Election--1998.

Presidents.

Venezuela--Politics and government--1974-1999.

Venezuela.

Chávez Frías, Hugo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Venezuela's Hugo Chávez was the first anti-neoliberal presidential candidate to win in the region. Electing Chávez examines the circumstances that facilitated this pivotal election. Gates examines how Chávez won over voters and even obtained the secret allegiance of a group of business "elite outliers," with a reinterpretation of the relationship between business and the state during Venezuela's era of two-party dominance.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

List of Acronyms

Part I. Introduction

Chapter 1. The Unlikely Election of an Anti-neoliberal

Chapter 2. Explaining Chávez's Election

Part II. Voter Support for Chávez

Chapter 3. The Role of Anti-business Sentiment

Chapter 4. The Sources of Anti-business Sentiment

Part III. Business Assistance for Chávez

Chapter 5. Dependent Prominence and Elite Outlier Calculus to Assist Chávez

Chapter 6. Politically Prominent Bankers and the Historically Rooted Calculus to Assist Chávez

Conclusion: Theoretical Implications of Chávez's Election

Appendix A. Interviews Conducted

Appendix B. Corruption Scandals

Appendix C. Political Biographies

Appendix D. Elite Outliers

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822973737

0822973731

OCLC:

878146132