Rethinking Venezuelan politics : class, conflict, and the Chávez phenomenon /

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Author / Creator:Ellner, Steve.
Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner, 2008.
Description:xiv, 257 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6674767
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ISBN:9781588265609 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1588265609 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-246) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking Venezuelan politics
  • From the Colonial Period to 1958 : a brief overview
  • Venezuela's "model" democracy, 1958-1989
  • Neoliberal reforms and political crisis, 1989-1999
  • The four stages of the Chávez presidency
  • Conflicting currents in the Chávez movement
  • The Chávez movement's top-down and grassroots approaches
  • The Chávez government in the international arena.