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The Decline and Fall of Democracy in Venezuela: Ten Theses
Author(s) -
Levine Daniel H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/1470-9856.00042
Subject(s) - interim , democracy , argument (complex analysis) , fall of man , politics , political science , development economics , political economy , economic history , sociology , history , economics , law , medicine
This paper presents an argument about the causes of the decline and fall of the 1958–1999 system of democratic politics, commonly known in Spanish as puntofijista , in Venezuela. Competing explanations of this process are evaluated, and an interim assessment of President Hugo Chávez and his political project is offered.