Lessons of the Venezuelan Experience
Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Published on 1. February 1995
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-943875-65-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 programs 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Publishing group
Johns Hopkins University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-943875-65-1 (9780943875651)
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Editor
Director, Democracy Projects, American University, USA
Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC, USA
Director, Latin American Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USA
Senior Program Associate, Latin American Program, USA