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008			101007s2011 dcua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780815704973 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aJL3831 _b.C68 2011
082	0	0	_a987.06/42 _222
100	1		_aCorrales, Javier, _d1966-
245	1	0	_aDragon in the tropics : _bHugo Chavez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela / _cJavier Corrales, Michael Penfold.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bBrookings Institution Press, _cc2011.
300			_ax, 195 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
520			_a"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.
651		0	_aVenezuela _xPolitics and government _y1999-
651		0	_aVenezuela _xEconomic policy.
651		0	_aVenezuela _xForeign relations _y1999-
600	1	0	_aChávez Frías, Hugo.
700	1		_aPenfold-Becerra, Michael.
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