Title: The failure of political reform in Venezuela /
Authors: Buxton, Julia.
Date: 2001
Publisher: Ashgate,
Physical description: x, 242 pages ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: F
Abstract: "The victory of former lieutenant colonel Hugo Chavez in the Venezuelan presidential election of 1998 was criticized as a blow against the country's deep seated democratic tradition. It is claimed that this simplistic argument fails to recognize the extent of democratic deterioration in the country and the limitations imposed by discredited political actors on a meaningful democratic reform process. This well-researched and in-depth book breaks new ground in providing unseen evidence of electoral fraud and provides a fresh perspective on the nature of democratic development."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Structuring the Two Party System -- Economic Decline and System Decay -- Abstention and Alienation -- Electoral Corruption -- Containing Reform -- Roots and Characteristics of La Causa Radical -- Towards System Transition -- Into the Fifth Republic.
Subject headings (LCSH): Venezuela--Politics and government--1958-1974.; Venezuela--Politics and government--1974-1999.; Venezuela--Politics and government--20th century.