The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I: Antecedents: The Foundations of the Punto Fijo Regime of Representative Democracy -- 1 The Normalization of Punto Fijo Democracy -- PART II: The Actors: Making Political Demands -- 2 Urban Poor and Political Order -- 3 The Military: From Marginalization to Center Stage -- 4 Entrepreneurs: Profits without Power? -- 5 Civil Society: Late Bloomers -- 6 Intellectuals: An Elite Divided -- 7 The United States and Venezuela: From a Special Relationship to Wary Neighbors -- 8 The Unraveling of Venezuela's Party System: From Party Rule to Personalistic Politics and Deinstitutionalization -- PART III: Policy Making and Its Consequences -- 9 Decentralization: Key to Understanding a Changing Nation -- 10 The Syndrome of Economic Decline and the Quest for Change -- 11 Public Opinion, Political Socialization, and Regime Stabilization -- PART IV: Conclusion -- 12 From Representative to Participatory Democracy? Regime Transformation in Venezuela -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Romero and Luis Salamanca, Central University of Venezuela; Harold Trinkunas, Naval Postgraduate School.

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