Cover of Dragon in the tropics

Book 2011

Dragon in the tropics

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Publisher
Brookings Institution Press
Language
English
Published
2011
  • Politics and government
  • Economic policy
  • Foreign relations
  • Venezuela, foreign relations
  • HISTORY
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • International Relations
  • General

"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 institutions, including its oil industry"--Provided by publisher.