| Description |
xvi, 220 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Latin American perspectives in the classroom |
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Latin American perspectives in the classroom.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- List of acronyms -- Series introduction -- Introduction : new perspectives and the Chavez phenomenon / Steve Ellner and Miguel Tinker Salas -- pt. 1. Theoretical, historical, and international background -- Introduction -- 1. The Venezuelan exceptionalism thesis : separating myth from reality / Steve Ellner and Miguel Tinker Salas -- 2. Venezuelan social conflict in a global context / Edgardo Lander -- pt. 2. Oil and economic policy -- Introduction -- 3. U.S. oil companies in Venezuela : the forging of an enduring alliance / Miguel Tinker Salas -- 4. Chávez and the search for an alternative to neoliberalism / Dick Parker -- pt. 3. Labor and race -- Introduction -- 5. Trade union autonomy and the emergence of a new labor movement in Venezuela / Steve Ellner -- 6. Ethnicity and revolution : the political economy of racism in Venezuela / Jesús María Herrera Salas -- pt. 4. Social movements -- Introduction -- 7. Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution : who are the Chavistas? / Cristóbal Valencia Ramírez -- 8. Social movements in a polarized setting : myths of Venezuelan civil society / María Pilar García-Guadilla -- pt. 5. Electoral politics, social change, and U.S. reaction -- Introduction -- 9. When "no" means "yes to revolution" : electoral politics in Bolivarian Venezuela / Daniel Hellinger -- 10. Confronting Hugo Chavez : U.S. "democracy promotion" in Latin America / Christopher I. Clement -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the contributors. |
| Subject |
Venezuela -- Politics and government -- 1974-1999.
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Venezuela -- Politics and government -- 1999-
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Chávez Frías, Hugo -- Influence.
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Democracy -- Venezuela.
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| Added Author |
Ellner, Steve.
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Tinker Salas, Miguel.
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| ISBN |
9780742554559 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742554554 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780742554566 paperback alkaline paper |
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0742554562 paperback alkaline paper |
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