Rethinking Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and the Chávez Phenomenon

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Lynne Rienner, 2008 - History - 257 pages
Emphasizes the central significance of Venezuela's economic and social cleavages. This book explores the rise of Chavismo, opposition within the country and abroad, internal tensions in the Chavista movement, and the trajectory of the Chavez government domestically and on the international stage.

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Rethinking Venezuelan Politics
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A Brief Overview
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Venezuelas Model Democracy 19581989
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Steve Ellner is professor of history at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela. His recent publications include Neoliberalismo y Anti-Neoliberalismo en America Latina and Venezuela: Hugo Chavez and the Decline of an ""Exceptional Democracy.

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