Changing Venezuela: The History and Policies of the Chavez Government

!±8±Changing Venezuela: The History and Policies of the Chavez Government

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Post Date : Feb 04, 2012 13:38:03
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Venezuela under Hugo Chávez could be a model for peaceful revolution—or it could all be undone by the specters of the past.

Since coming to power in 1998, the Chávez government has inspired both fierce internal debate, and horror amongst Western governments accustomed to counting on an obeisant regime in the oil-rich state. In this rich and resourceful study, Greg Wilpert exposes the self-serving logic behind much middle-class opposition to Venezuela's elected leader, and explains the real reason for their alarm. He argues that the Chávez government has instituted one of the world's most progressive constitutions, but warns that it has yet to overcome the dangerous specters of the country's past: its culture of patronage and clientelism, its corruption, and its support for personality cults, all fuelled by the attention and interference of a succession of US administrations.

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