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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453917103321

Titolo

The unraveling of representative democracy in Venezuela [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jennifer L. McCoy and David J. Myers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8018-9238-4

1-4356-9186-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McCoyJennifer

MyersDavid J. <1940->

Disciplina

320.987

Soggetti

Representative government and representation - Venezuela - History

Political participation - Venezuela - History

Electronic books.

Venezuela Politics and government 1999-

Venezuela Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-336) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The normalization of Punto Fijo democracy / David Myers -- Urban poor and political order / Damarys Canache -- The military : from marginalization to center stage / Harold Trinkunas -- Entrepreneurs : profits without power? / Nelson Ortíz -- Civil society : late bloomers / Luis Salamanca -- Intellectuals : an elite divided / Richard Hillman -- The United States and Venezuela : from a special relationship to wary neighbors / Carlos Romero -- The unraveling of Venezuela's party system : from party rule to personalistic politics and deinstitutionalization / Jose E. Molina -- Decentralization : key to understanding a changing nation / Rafael de la Cruz -- The syndrome of economic decline and the quest for change / Janet Kelly and Pedro Palma -- Public opinion, political socialization, and regime stabilization / Jose Antonio Gil Yepes -- From representative to participatory democracy? : regime transformation in Venezuela / Jennifer L. McCoy.