Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.
Contents:
Confronting Hugo Chavez : U.S. "democracy promotion" in Latin America / Christopher I. Clement. and Miguel Tinker Salas -- Theoretical, historical, and international background -- The Venezuelan exceptionalism thesis : separating myth from reality / Steve Ellner and Miguel Tinker Salas -- Venezuelan social conflict in a global context / Edgardo Lander -- Oil and economic policy -- U.S. oil companies in Venezuela : the forging of an enduring alliance / Miguel Tinker Salas -- Chávez and the search for an alternative to neoliberalism / Dick Parker -- Labor and race -- Trade union autonomy and the emergence of a new labor movement in Venezuela / Steve Ellner -- Ethnicity and revolution : the political economy of racism in Venezuela / Jesús María Herrera Salas -- Social movements -- Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution : who are the Chavistas? / Cristóbal Valencia Ramírez -- Social movements in a polarized setting : myths of Venezuelan civil society / María Pilar García-Guadilla -- Electoral politics, social change, and U.S. reaction -- When "no" means "yes to revolution" : electoral politics in Bolivarian Venezuela / Daniel Hellinger -- Confronting Hugo Chavez : U.S. "democracy promotion" in Latin America / Christopher I. Clement.
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