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The Unraveling Of Representative Democr
. Ed(S): McCoy, Jennifer L.; Myers, David J.
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Paperback. Romero and Luis Salamanca, Central University of Venezuela; Harold Trinkunas, Naval Postgraduate School. Editor(s): McCoy, Jennifer L.; Myers, David J. Num Pages: 368 pages, 20, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
For four decades, Venezuela prided itself for having one of the most stable representative democracies in Latin America. Then, in 1992, Hugo Chavez Frias attempted an unsuccessful military coup. Six years later, he was elected president. Once in power, Chavez redrafted the 1961 constitution, dissolved the Congress, dismissed judges, and marginalized rival political parties. In a bid to create direct democracy, other Latin American democracies watched with mixed reactions: if representative democracy could break down so quickly in Venezuela, it could easily happen in countries with less-established traditions. On the other hand, would Chavez create a new form of democracy ... Read more
For four decades, Venezuela prided itself for having one of the most stable representative democracies in Latin America. Then, in 1992, Hugo Chavez Frias attempted an unsuccessful military coup. Six years later, he was elected president. Once in power, Chavez redrafted the 1961 constitution, dissolved the Congress, dismissed judges, and marginalized rival political parties. In a bid to create direct democracy, other Latin American democracies watched with mixed reactions: if representative democracy could break down so quickly in Venezuela, it could easily happen in countries with less-established traditions. On the other hand, would Chavez create a new form of democracy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801884283
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V9780801884283
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About . Ed(S): McCoy, Jennifer L.; Myers, David J.
Jennifer L. McCoy is a professor of political science at Georgia State University and director of the Americas Program at the Carter Center. David J. Myers is a professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University.
Reviews for The Unraveling Of Representative Democr
The contributors to this edited volume show the negative political impact of an economy based on oil exports and dependent on the global price of oil. Choice 2005 This sobering postmortem reveals with depressing clarity the conditions that gave rise to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.
Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs 2005 Provides the best contextual understanding of Venezuelan politics, both today ... Read more
Richard Feinberg Foreign Affairs 2005 Provides the best contextual understanding of Venezuelan politics, both today ... Read more