Gregory Wilpert

eBook, ePUB

Changing Venezuela by Taking Power (eBook, ePUB)

The History and Policies of the Chavez Government

Beschreibung

Since coming to power in 1998, the Chavez government has inspired both fierce internal debate and horror amongst Western governments accustomed to counting on an obeisant regime in the oil-rich state. In this rich and resourceful study, Greg Wilpert exposes the self-serving logic behind much middle-class opposition to Venezuela's elected leader, and explains the real reason for their alarm. He argues that the Chavez government has instituted one of the world's most progressive constitutions, but warns that they have yet to overcome the dangerous specters of the country's past.

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Autor

Gregory Wilpert is a sociologist, freelance journalist, and a former US Fulbright Scholar in Venezuela.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789603293
• Artikelnr.: 66424808

Rezensionen

This fascinating study-deeply informed, penetrating in its analysis, comprehensive in scope-explores the historical and socioeconomic roots of the Venezuelan initiatives of recent years, the conflicts they have engendered, the achievements and pitfalls, the animating ideals of a genuinely participatory society, and the prospects for realizing them in ways that, if successful, might have significant impact not only for Latin America but well beyond. Noam Chomsky