The social and political change under Chávez Ponniah, Thomas 1966- editor Eastwood, Jonathan editor text bibliography mau Cambridge, MA Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Distributed by Harvard University Press 2011 monographic eng

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vi, 338 pages ; 23 cm. Is Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution under Hugo Chávez truly revolutionary? Some see the president as a shining knight of socialism, while others see him as an avenging Stalinist strongman. But the Chávez government does not fall easily into a seamless fable of emancipatory or authoritarian history, as these distinguished essays make clear. Introduction : the revolution in Venezuela / Jonathan Eastwood -- pt. I. State/society relations. State reflections : the 2002 coup against Hugo Chávez / Fernando Coronil -- Why polarize? Advantages and disadvantages of a rational-choice analysis of government-opposition relations under Hugo Chávez / Javier Corrales -- Venezuela's experiment in participatory democracy / Gregory Wilpert -- Venezuela's presidential elections of 2006 : toward 21st century socialism? / Margarita López-Maya and Luis E. Lander -- pt. II. The Bolivarian project. Advancing women's rights from inside and outside the Bolivarian Revolution, 1998-2010 / Cathy A. Rakowski and Giaconda Espina -- Venezuela in the Chávez years : its economy and influence on the region / Mark Weisbrot -- History is not over : " the Bolivarian Revolution, "Barrio Adentro," and health care in Venezuela / Carles Muntaner, Haejoo Chung, Qamar Mahmood, and Francisco Armada -- The new balancing act : international relations theory and Venezuela's foreign policy / Mark Eric Williams -- Conclusion : the conceptual revolution in Venezuela / Thomas Ponniah. edited by Thomas Ponniah and Jonathan Eastwood. Includes bibliographical references. Chávez Frías, Hugo Influence Chávez Frías, Hugo 1954-2013 Influencia Revolutions Venezuela 21st century Revoluciones Venezuela Siglo XXI Venezuela Politics and government 1999- Venezuela Política y gobierno 1999- Venezuela Social conditions 1999- Venezuela Condiciones sociales 1999- 120 F 2329 R454 2011 987.0642 9780674061385 0674061381 2011431982 BTCTA 110728 20251202104951.0 16892588 eng