Until two attempts at military coups in 1992, Venezuela enjoyed political stability that was exceptional for a Latin American nation under a succession, going back to 1958, of constitutionally chosen presidents. Venezuela had leaders who were socially responsible and progressive, funding social programmes with money the state earned from petroleum exports. What had weakened the foundations of that stability by the 1990s? In this book a group of scholars reviews Venezuelan exceptionalism and the key institutions that had atrophied economically, socially, and politically. The authors draw lessons on the need for public accountability in a democracy in the light of these specific failures of the government and other institutions in Venezuela. They examine the major political players - political parties, popular opinion, the military; sectors of the economy; state, populism, corruption, and crisis; and Venezuela's foreign relations.
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This excellent collection of essays is the latest in what may be a welcome growth of interest in the country... It contains analysis of all the salient dimensions of what is beginning to look like a structural crisis for Venezuela.
(Journal of Latin American Studies )Perspectives on the specific issues surrounding the failed consolidation of democratic government in Venezuela... [including] reforming agriculture; legitimacy, governability, and reform in Venezuela; the 'Big Bang' approach to macroeconomic balance; [and] the question of inefficiency and inequality.
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United States, Latin America, New York, Rafael Caldera, World Bank, Chamber of Deputies, North American, Supreme Court, Central Bank, Janet Kelly, President Betancourt, Punto Fijo, South America, National Guard, Western Hemisphere, Andean Pact, Banco Central de Venezuela, President Lusinchi, Princeton University Press, World War, Costa Rica, Decision Ciudadana, Eastern Europe, Ediciones Centauro, Editorial Nueva Sociedad New!
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Scribes have recorded the 1950s in Latin America as a period when authoritarianism held sway in the majority of nations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, Latin America, New York, Rafael Caldera, World Bank, Chamber of Deputies, North American, Supreme Court, Central Bank, Janet Kelly, President Betancourt, Punto Fijo, South America, National Guard, Western Hemisphere, Andean Pact, Banco Central de Venezuela, President Lusinchi, Princeton University Press, World War, Costa Rica, Decision Ciudadana, Eastern Europe, Ediciones Centauro, Editorial Nueva Sociedad New!
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- Woodrow Wilson (United States Presidents (Abdo)) by Paul Joseph in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Latin America (9j34747) by James A. Hudson in Front Matter
- Venezuela: A Century of Change by Judith Ewell on page 159
- Constitutions of the Countries of the World (20 Vols.) on page 357
- Small and Medium Enterprises: Challenges and Opportunities by All India Management Association on page 179
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- Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela (Contributions in Latin American Studies) by Damarys J. Canache on 6 pages
- The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela by Jennifer L. McCoy on 6 pages
- The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela by Fernando Coronil on 4 pages
- Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) by Susan C. Stokes in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America by Kevin J. Middlebrook on page 129, and Back Matter
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