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Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela
- Title
- Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela / Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold.
- Author
- Corrales, Javier, 1966-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- x, 195 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela
- Subjects
- Note
- At head of title: "A Brookings Latin America Initiative Book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references 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.
- Call Number
- JHE 11-263
- ISBN
- 9780815704973 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0815704976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010043335
- OCLC
- YBP 2010043335
- Author
- Corrales, Javier, 1966-
- Title
- Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chávez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela / Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Penfold-Becerra, Michael.Brookings Institution. Latin America Initiative.
- Research Call Number
- JHE 11-263