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Author:

Corrales, Javier, 1966-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Brookings Institution Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

x, 195 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Venezuela--Politics and government--1999-
Venezuela--Economic policy.
Venezuela--Foreign relations--1999-
Chávez Frías, Hugo.

Other Authors:

Penfold-Becerra, Michael.
Brookings Institution. Latin America Initiative.

Notes:

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

Contents:

Introduction : the Chávez 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 -- 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.

Series:

A Brookings Latin America Initiative Book.

ISBN:

0815704976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815704973 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)635492454

LCCN:

2010043335

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)