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Iain Bruce - The Real Venezuela: Making Socialism in the 21st Century - 9780745327365 - V9780745327365
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The Real Venezuela: Making Socialism in the 21st Century

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Description for The Real Venezuela: Making Socialism in the 21st Century Paperback. A refreshing look at the meaning of socialism in Venezuela from the point of view of the country's ordinary citizens. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KLSV; JPFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Venezuela has become a huge source of hope and inspiration for the Left throughout the world. Some see it as a shining example of how to begin building a successful socialist state, but Western leaders see it as a dangerous enemy and accuse Chávez of being a dictator. This book reveals the truth by examining the country from the ground up.

Iain Bruce explores the political changes underway in Venezuela at the level of the lives of ordinary people. Through grassroots investigations and extended interviews, he explores a series of key transformations in Venezuela: a new social economy around a network of co-operatives; workplace democracy; popular education; radical agrarian reform; participatory budgets and community planning. The result is a clear picture of everyday life in Venezuela.

No other book on the country has this level of detail; it will be a key text for students of Latin American politics and social movements and of interest to anyone following the fortunes of the Bolivarian Revolution.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745327365
SKU
V9780745327365
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About Iain Bruce
Iain Bruce is a British journalist and filmmaker who has made documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC. During 2004 and 2005 he was BBC correspondent in Caracas, Venezuela. Currently he is an adviser to Telesur, the Latin American news channel based in Venezuela. He is the author of The Real Venezuela (Pluto, 2008) and The Porto Alegre Alternative: Direct Democracy in Action (Pluto, 2004).

Reviews for The Real Venezuela: Making Socialism in the 21st Century
'A first-class study of the reality of the Bolivarian revolution in all its complexity'
Diana Raby, Senior Fellow in Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool, and author of Democracy and Revolution: Latin America and Socialism Today 'An excellent new study of Venezuela ... Bruce calls attention to perhaps the aspect that counts most: what does Venezuela's 21st century socialism mean for the lives of ordinary Venezuelans?'
Gregory Wilpert, author of Changing Venezuela by Taking Power and editor of Venezuelanalysis.com

Goodreads reviews for The Real Venezuela: Making Socialism in the 21st Century


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