Dragon in the Tropics: Venezuela and the Legacy of Hugo Chavez (Latin America Initiative)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (579 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815725930 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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This book is a must-read for scholars and analysts of Latin America.. In examining the new political realities of Venezuela, the authors offer lessons on the dynamics of succession in hybrid regimes. This new and expanded edition of Dragon in the Tropicsthe widely acclaimed account of how president Hugo Chávez (19992013) revamped Venezuela’s political economyexamines the electoral decline of Chavismo after Chavez’s death and the policies adopted by his successor, Nicolás Maduro, to cope with the economic chaos inherited from previous radical populist policies. Corrales and Penfold argue that Maduro has had to struggle with the inherent contradictions of a large and heterogeneous social coalition, a declining oil sector, the strength of entrenched military interests, and fewer resources to appease international allies, which have strenghtened the autocratic features of an already consolidated hybrid regime
Alejandro said Must be read. I grew up watching all these dramatic changes in my country. Amazing book
Kirkpatrick 1951 Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. Javier Corrales is the John E. He is the coauthor of U.S.-Venezuela Relations: Coping with Mid-Level Security Threats (Routledge, 2013) and author of Presidents Without Parties: The Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the 1990s (Penn State, 2002).<
A must read." —Moisés Naím, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"Hugo Chávez and his 'Bolivarian Revolution' to construct '21st century socialism' in Venezuela and reshape the international order have attracted a great deal of polarized comment: either sycophantic praise or unmitigated condemnation, neither backed up by sound data or profound analysis. Dragon in the Tropics escapes this pattern. Its keen insights into Venezuela's evolving political economy represent an invaluable contribution." —Michael Shifter, President, Inter-American Dialogue"Javier Corrales and Michael Penfold are two of the most outstanding analysts of contemporary Venezuela. It provides a thoughtful, perc