Edition |
Second edition. |
Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : illustrations. |
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 211-235) 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 comparative perspective -- Dragon no more : the politics of succession -- linkages abroad and factional struggles at home -- The less competitive, more authoritarian regime -- Conclusion : hybrid regimes and regime change. |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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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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Added Author |
Penfold-Becerra, Michael, author.
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Note |
Subtitle on cover: Venezuela and the legacy of Hugo Chávez |
Other Form: |
Print version: Corrales, Javier, 1966- Dragon in the tropics. Second edition. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2015 9780815725930 (OCoLC)892563780 |
ISBN |
9780815725947 (electronic book) |
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0815725949 (electronic book) |
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9780815725930 |
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0815725930 |
Music No. |
EB00641847 Recorded Books |
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