Dragon in the tropics Hugo Chavez and the political economy of revolution in Venezuela

"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 instituti...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Corrales, Javier 1966-
Other Authors:	Penfold-Becerra, Michael
Resource Type:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press c2011.
Subjects:	Chavez Frias, Hugo. Venezuela > Politics and government > 1999-. Venezuela > Economic policy. Venezuela > Foreign relations > 1999-.