Venezuelan Politics in the Chavez Era: Class, Polarization, and Conflict

by Ellner, Steve

• ISBN13: 9781588262974
• ISBN10: 1588262979
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2004-04-30
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Prologue: Venezuela's Permanent Dilemma
John V. Lombardi	1	(6)
1 Introduction: The Search for Explanations
Steve Ellner	7	(20)
2 Political Overview: The Breakdown of Puntofijismo and the Rise of Chavismo
Daniel Hellinger	27	(28)
3 Social Polarization and the Populist Resurgence in Venezuela
Kenneth Roberts	55	(18)
4 Hugo Chavez Frias: His Movement and His Presidency
Margarita Lopez Maya	73	(20)
5 Democracy in Uniform: Chavez and the Venezuelan Armed Forces
Deborah L. Norden	93	(20)
6 Economic Policy and the Rise of Hugo Chavez
Julia Buxton	113	(18)
7 Subversive Oil
Bernard Mommer	131	(16)
8 State Reform Before and After Chavez's Election
Angel E. Alvarez	147	(14)
9 Organized Labor and the Challenge of Chavismo
Steve Ellner	161	(18)
10 Civil Society: Institutionalization, Fragmentation, Autonomy
Maria Pilar Garcia-Guadilla	179	(18)
11 The Hugo Chavez Phenomenon: What Do "the People" Think?
Patricia Márquez	197	(18)
12 Conclusion: The Democratic and Authoritarian Directions of the Chavista Movement
Steve Ellner and Daniel Hellinger	215	(12)
References	227	(16)
The Contributors	243	(4)
Index	247	(12)
About the Book	259