Venezuela's Petro-Diplomacy

by Clem, Ralph S.

• ISBN13: 9780813035307
• ISBN10: 0813035309
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-16
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Florida

Summary

Over the last decade, Venezuela has exerted an influence on the Western Hemisphere, and on global international relations, well beyond what one might expect from a country of 26.5 million people. In considering the reasons for this influence, one must take into account the country's vast petroleum deposits. The wealth these generate, traditionally used to finance national priorities, more recently has been heavily deployed to bolster Venezuela's ambitious "Bolivarian" foreign policy.

Author Biography

Ralph S. Clem, emeritus professor of geography and international relations at Florida International University, is editor of Research Guide to the Russian and Soviet Censuses. Anthony P. Maingot, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology at Florida International University, is coauthor of The United States and the Caribbean: Transforming Hegemony and Sovereignty.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Introduction: Continuity and Change in Venezuela's Petro-Diplomacy	p. 1
The Logic of Venezuelan Foreign Policy during the Chávez Period	p. 16
Conflicting Goals in Venezuela's Foreign Policy	p. 32
Public Opinion and Venezuelan Foreign Policy	p. 49
Imposing the International Bolivarian Project	p. 68
Venezuela's Revolutionary Foreign Policy and Colombian Security	p. 77
Strangest Bedfellows: The Belarus-Venezuela Connection	p. 92
Responses to Venezuelan Petro-Politics in the Greater Caribbean	p. 102
ALBA, Petrocaribe, and Caricom: Issues in a New Dynamic	p. 116
European Progressives and the Bolivarian Social Agenda	p. 135
How to Fill a Vacuum: Chávez in the International Arena	p. 151
List of Contributors	p. 159
Index	p. 161
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