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Block provides a novel understanding of the political communication style that underpinned Hugo Chávez's successful hegemonic construction of power and identity in Venezuela by proposing a systematic sequence of communicational events to build a bond with his constituents.
List of contents
SELECTED CONTENTS: Preface Acknowledgements 1. Janus and Chávez 2. A theoretical Architecture to Understand Chávez 3. Mixed Method and Variables in the Analysis: The Study of the Imaginaries 4. The Soft Phase (1998-2000): The Emotionalisation of Power and the Rise of the Bolivarian Anti-political Hero 5. Adversarial Phase (2000-2003): The Mediatised Polarisation of Power and the Brief Fall of the Hero 6. The Radical Phase (2003-2006): The Missionesque Rise of the Populist Redeemer 7. Mimetic Closure (2006-2013): When 'The People' Became Chávez 8. The Conclusions: Mimetisation, Hugo Chávez and the Construction of Power and Identity Appendix 1: Periodisation Table Appendix 2: Elite Interviews
About the author
Elena Block is Sessional Lecturer in Political Communication & Public Affairs at The University of Queensland's School of Political Science and International Studies, and tutor in Mass Media and Society and Mass Media, Spin and Public Opinion at The University of Queensland's School of Communication and Arts. Her main areas of interest are: political communication as a field and as a practice; the mediatisation of politics; populism; political culture; identity politics; communicational government; political leadership; social media and the development of pseudo-voice.
Summary
Block provides a novel understanding of the political communication style that underpinned Hugo Chávez’s successful hegemonic construction of power and identity in Venezuela by proposing a systematic sequence of communicational events to build a bond with his constituents.
