Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela
Since he was first elected in 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frías has reshaped a frail but nonetheless pluralistic democracy into a semi-authoritarian regime-an outcome achieved with spectacularly high oil income and widespread electoral support. This eye-opening book illuminates one of the most sweeping and unexpected political transformations in contemporary Latin America
eBook, English, 2010
Brookings Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 2010
History
1 online resource (209 pages)
9780815705024, 0815705026
1058163018
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Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Chavez 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; Conclusion: Hybrid Regimes and Populism in Venezuela and Beyond; Notes; Index; Back Cover
English