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Acknowledgments | p. vii |
List of Acronyms | p. ix |
Series Introduction | p. xi |
Introduction: New Perspectives and the Chavez Phenomenon | p. xiii |
Theoretical, Historical, and International Background | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
The Venezuelan Exceptionalism Thesis: Separating Myth from Reality | p. 3 |
Venezuelan Social Conflict in a Global Context | p. 16 |
Oil and Economic Policy | |
Introduction | p. 33 |
U.S. Oil Companies in Venezuela: The Forging of an Enduring Alliance | p. 35 |
Chavez and the Search for an Alternative to Neoliberalism | p. 60 |
Labor and Race | |
Introduction | p. 75 |
Trade Union Autonomy and the Emergence of a New Labor Movement in Venezuela | p. 77 |
Ethnicity and Revolution: The Political Economy of Racism in Venezuela | p. 99 |
Social Movements | |
Introduction | p. 119 |
Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution: Who Are the Chavistas? | p. 121 |
Social Movements in a Polarized Setting: Myths of Venezuelan Civil Society | p. 140 |
Electoral Politics, Social Change, and U.S. Reaction | |
Introduction | p. 155 |
When "No" Means "Yes to Revolution": Electoral Politics in Bolivarian Venezuela | p. 157 |
Confronting Hugo Chavez: U.S. "Democracy Promotion" in Latin America | p. 185 |
Bibliography | p. 207 |
Index | p. 211 |
About the Contributors | p. 219 |
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