Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution - Populism and Democracy in a Globalised Age

Informationen zum Autor Barry Cannon is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University Klappentext The first full-length study of the government of Hugo Chávez of Venezuela within wider discussions on populism and globalisation in Latin America. It provides a comprehensive and critical account of Chávez's emergence, socio-economic policies, democratic credentials, impact, foreign policy and future prospects. Zusammenfassung The first full-length study of the government of Hugo Chávez of Venezuela within wider discussions on populism and globalisation in Latin America. It provides a comprehensive and critical account of Chávez’s emergence, socio-economic policies, democratic credentials, impact, foreign policy and future prospects. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Populism and Latin America: context, causes, characteristics and consequences2. Structural fractures, crises, the state and the emergence of Chávez3. The leader and the led: hegemonic strategies in the leadership of Hugo Chávez4. Populism, globalisation and the socio-economic policies of the Chávez government5. Democrat or authoritarian? Human rights, institutional autonomy and popular participation under the government of Fujimori and Chávez6. The consequences and impact of populism: institutionalisation and democratization in Chávez's Venezuela7. Venezuelan international relations in the age of globalisationConclusion: populism and democracy in a globalised ageBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Barry Cannon, Cannon Barry
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2009
• EAN: 9780719077722
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7772-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Political structures: democracy, Comparative Politics, Bolivia, Political structures / systems: democracy