Book Reviews: COMPARATIVE POLITICS: Peter H. Smith, Democracy in Latin America: Political Change in Comparative Perspective
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Volume 5, Issue 2, p. 397
ISSN: 1537-5927
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In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Volume 5, Issue 2, p. 397
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Perspectives on politics: a political science public sphere, Volume 5, Issue 2, p. 397-399
ISSN: 1537-5927
In: Taiwan journal of democracy, Volume 2, Issue 1, p. 61-79
ISSN: 1815-7238
In: Democratization, Volume 13, Issue 5, p. 756-775
ISSN: 1743-890X
In: Democratization, Volume 13, Issue 5, p. 756-775
ISSN: 1351-0347
The conditions that had facilitated the institutionalization of the Punto Fijo system during the 1960s had changed in the 1990s in the transition from a world society to highly unequal & urbanized society, the new era of globalization & integration, as well as the parallel backlash to the negative consequences of these developments throughout the world. The examination of the failure of the Punto Fijo democracy to structural changes, both nationally & globally identifies vulnerabilities that led to Chavez crosscutting electoral support. The beginning of the decline of Punto Fijo is pegged at the confluence of structural & institutional factors on Black Friday (February 18, 1983) in the Bolivarian Participatory Democracy (1998-2000) & the course of democracy in the Republic (2001-2003). This work confirms that political economy & political culture variables contribute to explaining political change in Venezuela, & institutional variables are even more central to explaining the unraveling of post-1958 representative democracy. A summarization of the institutional hypotheses generated from this analysis supports the conclusion that the Venezuelan case provides important clues of how apparently institutionalized representative democracies can unravel when stressed, & is a very important lesson for leaders seeking to normalize the political regime and the more recent democracies that took root in the 1980s in many countries of the developing world. References. J. Harwell
In: International politics: a journal of transnational issues and global problems, Volume 38, Issue 1, p. 65-90
ISSN: 1740-3898
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Volume 99, Issue 634, p. 66-71
ISSN: 1944-785X
The challenge for the [Chávez] administration is to devise a way to include dissenting voices and respect minority views while still carrying out the changes desired by the Venezuelan people. The alternative is a tyranny of the majorityin the name of revolutionary change.
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Volume 99, Issue 634, p. 66-71
ISSN: 0011-3530
World Affairs Online
In: Journal of democracy, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 64-77
ISSN: 1086-3214
In: Journal of democracy, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 64-77
ISSN: 1045-5736
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In: Journal of democracy, Volume 10, Issue 3, p. 64-77
ISSN: 1045-5736
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Volume 90, Issue 554, p. 117-120
ISSN: 1944-785X
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Volume 90, Issue 554, p. 117-120,131-132
ISSN: 0011-3530
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In: Journal of Interamerican studies and world affairs, Volume 31, Issue 4, p. 243-246
ISSN: 2162-2736