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Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela
Prof. Alejandro Velasco
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Description for Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela
Paperback. Based on years of archival and ethnographic research in Venezuela's largest public housing community, this book offers an in-depth history of urban popular politics before the Bolivarian Revolution. It also provides context for understanding the democracy that emerged during the presidency of Hugo Chavez. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32 black and white, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJK; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Beginning in the late 1950s political leaders in Venezuela built what they celebrated as Latin America's most stable democracy. But outside the staid halls of power, in the gritty barrios of a rapidly urbanizing country, another politics was rising unruly, contentious, and clamoring for inclusion. Based on years of archival and ethnographic research in Venezuela's largest public housing community, Barrio Rising delivers the first in-depth history of urban popular politics before the Bolivarian Revolution, providing crucial context for understanding the democracy that emerged during the presidency of Hugo Chavez. In the mid-1950s, a military government bent on modernizing Venezuela razed ... Read more
Beginning in the late 1950s political leaders in Venezuela built what they celebrated as Latin America's most stable democracy. But outside the staid halls of power, in the gritty barrios of a rapidly urbanizing country, another politics was rising unruly, contentious, and clamoring for inclusion. Based on years of archival and ethnographic research in Venezuela's largest public housing community, Barrio Rising delivers the first in-depth history of urban popular politics before the Bolivarian Revolution, providing crucial context for understanding the democracy that emerged during the presidency of Hugo Chavez. In the mid-1950s, a military government bent on modernizing Venezuela razed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283329
SKU
V9780520283329
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About Prof. Alejandro Velasco
Alejandro Velasco is Assistant Professor at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
Reviews for Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela
"Barrio Rising prompts reflection on Chavismo and the imprint of architectural modernity beyond the famous profiles of Brasilia and writes the people of Caracas into the story of Latin America's 20th century... Highly recommended" CHOICE connect Velasco's complex engagement with the everyday practice of politics is a model of good urban history... great comparative potential well beyond its contribution to ... Read more