El estado mágico
Subtitle: naturaleza, dinero y modernidad en Venezuela
By: Fernando Coronil
Edition: 1a edición Editorial Alfa.
Series: Colección trópicos -- 104. -- Economía política; Colección Trópicos -- 104.; Colección Trópicos
Publisher: Editorial Alfa
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Caracas, Venezuela
Language: spa
Number of pages: 531
ISBN-13: 9789803543686
Subjects: Politics and government; Petroleum industry and trade; History; Economic conditions
Other titles: Naturaleza, dinero y modernidad en Venezuela
Work titles: Magical state
Description: In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter and began to establish what today is South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974-78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised finally to effect this transformation. Yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry. In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, Fernando Coronil examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture, and economy, recasting theories of development and highlighting the relevance of these processes for other postcolonial nations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-531).
Table of contents: title: La naturaleza de la nación : fetichismo del Estado y nacionalismo; title: Contrapunteo venezolano : dictadura y democracia; title: El petro-estado y la siembra del petróleo; title: Oro negro : fetichismo del dinero y modernidad.