Dragon in the tropics : the legacy of Hugo Chávez /

A study of the Venezuelan revolution headed by Hugo Chávez, first elected president in 1999, with emphasis on how Chávez took a frail but still pluralistic democracy and turned it into a semi-authoritarian regime, achieving political transformation at great cost to the country's institutions, i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Corrales, Javier, 1966- (Author), Penfold-Becerra, Michael (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, 2015.
Edition:	Second edition.
Series:	Brookings Latin America Initiative book.
Subjects:	Chávez Frías, Hugo. Maduro, Nicolás, > 1962- Venezuela > Politics and government > 1999- Venezuela > Economic policy. Venezuela > Foreign relations > 1999-

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the Chávez revolution in perspective
Power grabbing and the rise of a hybrid regime in Venezuela, 1999-2009
Economic policy and the oil honey pot
Institutional resource curse : seizing political control of PDVSA
Venezuela's new foreign policy: soft-balancing and social-power diplomacy
Hybrid regimes and populism in comparative perspective
Dragon no more: the politics of succession--linkages abroad and factional struggles at home
The less competitive, more authoritarian regime
Conclusion: Hybrid regimes and regime change.