Dragon in the tropics
Subtitle: the legacy of Hugo Chávez
By: Javier Corrales, Michael Penfold
Contributors: Penfold-Becerra, Michael, author
Edition: Second edition.
Series: A Brookings Latin America Initiative book; Brookings Latin America Initiative book
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780815725930
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic policy; Economic conditions; Foreign relations
Other titles: Venezuela and the legacy of Hugo Chávez
Description: "Updated and expanded with three additional chapters, this new edition of Dragon in the Tropics covers events in Venezuela since the death of Hugo Chávez, especially the trials and tribulations concerning Nicolás Maduro, Chávez's successor, as he attempts to cope with the economic turmoil inherited from previous radical populist policies"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-235) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the Chávez revolution in perspective; title: Power grabbing and the rise of a hybrid regime in Venezuela, 1999-2009; title: Economic policy and the oil honey pot; title: Institutional resource curse : seizing political control of PDVSA; title: Venezuela's new foreign policy : soft-balancing and social-power diplomacy; title: Hybrid regimes and populism in comparative perspective; title: Dragon no more : the politics of succession; title: linkages abroad and factional struggles at home; title: The less competitive, more authoritarian regime; title: Conclusion : hybrid regimes and regime change.