The unraveling of representative democracy in Venezuela
By: edited by Jennifer L. McCoy and David J. Myers
Contributors: McCoy, Jennifer; Myers, David J., 1940-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Representative government and representation -- Venezuela -- History; Political participation -- Venezuela -- History; Venezuela -- Politics and government -- 1999-; Venezuela -- Economic policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-326) and index
Table of contents: title: The normalization of Punto Fijo democracy / David Myers; title: Urban poor and political order / Damarys Canache; title: The military : from marginalization to center stage / Harold Trinkunas; title: Entrepreneurs : profits without power? / Nelson Ortíz; title: Civil society : late bloomers / Luis Salamanca; title: Intellectuals : an elite divided / Richard Hillman; title: The United States and Venezuela : from a special relationship to wary neighbors / Carlos Romero; title: The unraveling of Venezuela's party system : from party rule to personalistic politics and deinstitutionalization / José E. Molina; title: Decentralization : key to understanding a changing nation / Rafael de la Cruz; title: The syndrome of economic decline and the quest for change / Janet Kelly and Pedro Palma; title: Public opinion, political socialization, and regime stabilization / Jose Antonio Gil Yepes; title: From representative to participatory democracy? : regime transformation in Venezuela / Jennifer L. McCoy