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Dragon in the Tropics: Hugo Chavez and the Political Economy of Revolution in Venezuela (Brookings Latin America Initiative)
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Since he was first elected in 1999, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez Frias has reshaped a frail but nonetheless pluralistic democracy into a semi-authoritarian regime—an outcome achieved with spectacularly high oil income and widespread electoral support. This eye-opening book illuminates one of the most sweeping and unexpected political transformations in contemporary Latin America. Based on more than fifteen years' experience in researching and writing about Venezuela, Javier Corrales and Michael Penfold have crafted a comprehensive account of how the Chávez regime has revamped the nation, with a particular focus on its political transformation. Throughout, they take issue with conventional explanations. First, they argue persuasively that liberal democracy as an institution was not to blame for the rise of chavismo. Second, they assert that the nation's economic ailments were not caused by neoliberalism. Instead they blame other factors, including a dependence on oil,
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“This book is academic, and definitely took me back to my international relations class in college, but it's fairly easy for anyone to understand. I admittedly didn't know much about Hugo Chávez or what exactly he did to Venezuela after being democratically elected, but this book traces the transformations that took place in the country prior to his election, through his regime, and a bit into the after with Maduro now in charge.
The authors call Venezuela a hybrid regime, one that has elements of both autocracy and democracy. As I read the descriptions, it started fitting into what the”
“Me gustó aunque quizás lo encontré algo superficial...
Quizás pudieron haberse adentrado un poco más en el tema...”
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