Dragon in the tropics : Hugo Chávez 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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Main Author: Corrales, Javier, 1966-
Corporate Author: Brookings Institution. Latin America Initiative
Other Authors: Penfold-Becerra, Michael
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011.
Series:Brookings Latin America Initiative book.
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Online Access:CONNECT