| Description |
1 online resource (x, 195 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
A Brookings Latin America Initiative book
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Brookings Latin America Initiative book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chávez Frías, Hugo.
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Chávez Frías, Hugo. |
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Chávez Frías, Hugo. |
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Venezuela -- Politics and government -- 1999-
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Venezuela. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1999- |
| Subject |
Venezuela -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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Venezuela -- Foreign relations -- 1999-
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Penfold-Becerra, Michael.
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Brookings Institution. Latin America Initiative.
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| Added Title |
Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Corrales, Javier, 1966- Dragon in the tropics. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011 9780815704973 (DLC) 2010043335 (OCoLC)635492454 |
| ISBN |
9780815705024 (electronic book) |
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0815705026 (electronic book) |
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9780815704973 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0815704976 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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