- 2008/257 pages
- Also of interest: Venezuelan Politics in the Chavez Era edited by Steve Ellener and Daniel Hellinger and Venezuela's Polarized Politics by Ana L. Mallén and María Pilar García-Guadilla
Rethinking Venezuelan Politics:
Class, Conflict, and the Chavez Phenomenon
Hardcover: $65.00
ISBN: 978-1-58826-560-9
Paperback: $27.50
ISBN: 978-1-58826-699-6
In this fresh look at Venezuelan politics, Steve Ellner emphasizes the central significance of the country's economic and social cleavages.
Ellner's journey through modern Venezuelan history—observing popular masses and social actors as much as political elites and formal institutions—fundamentally informs his analysis of Hugo Chávez's presidency and the "Bolivarian Revolution" at its core. Perhaps equally important, as he explores the rise of Chavismo, opposition within the country and abroad, internal tensions in the Chavista movement, and the trajectory of the Chávez government domestically and on the international stage, he sheds new light not only on Venezuela, but also on the recent political turmoil elsewhere in Latin America.
Ellner's journey through modern Venezuelan history—observing popular masses and social actors as much as political elites and formal institutions—fundamentally informs his analysis of Hugo Chávez's presidency and the "Bolivarian Revolution" at its core. Perhaps equally important, as he explores the rise of Chavismo, opposition within the country and abroad, internal tensions in the Chavista movement, and the trajectory of the Chávez government domestically and on the international stage, he sheds new light not only on Venezuela, but also on the recent political turmoil elsewhere in Latin America.
