Dragon in the tropics
Subtitle: Hugo Chavez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela
By: Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold
Contributors: Penfold-Becerra, Michael
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780815704973
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic policy; Foreign relations
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-179) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : new lessons from the Chavez revolution; title: Power grabbing in democracy and the rise of a hybrid regime in Venezuela; title: Economic policy and the oil honey pot; title: Institutional resource curse : seizing political control of PDVSA; title: Soft-balancing and social power diplomacy : Venezuela's new foreign policy and its contradictions; title: Conclusion : hybrid regimes and populism in Venezuela and beyond.