Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chavez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela / Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold.

By:

Corrales, Javier, 1966-

Contributor(s):

Penfold-Becerra, Michael

Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.Description: x, 195 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780815704973 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815725930

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

987.06/42 22

LOC classification:

JL3831 .C68 2011

Contents:

Introduction : new lessons from the Chavez revolution -- Power grabbing in democracy and the rise of a hybrid regime in Venezuela -- Economic policy and the oil honey pot -- Institutional resource curse : seizing political control of PDVSA -- Soft-balancing and social power diplomacy : Venezuela's new foreign policy and its contradictions -- Conclusion : hybrid regimes and populism in Venezuela and beyond.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index.

"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.

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