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*Rethinking
Venezuelan Politics: Class, Conflict, and the Chavez 
Phenomenon 

/Steve Ellner /* 

January 2008/260 Pages 
ISBN:
978-1-58826-560-9 HC $55.00 
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In this fresh look at Venezuelan politics,
Steve Ellner emphasizes 
the central significance of the countrys
economic and social 
cleavages. 

Ellner's journey through
modern Venezuelan history?observing popular 
masses and social actors
as much as political elites and formal 
institutions?fundamentally
informs his analysis of Hugo Chávez's 
presidency and the
"Bolivarian Revolution" at its core. Perhaps 
equally
important, as he explores the rise of Chávismo, opposition 
within the country and abroad, internal tensions in the Chávista

movement, and the trajectory of the Chávez government
domestically 
and on the international stage, he sheds new light not
only on 
Venezuela, but also on the recent political turmoil
elsewhere in 
Latin America. 

*Steve Ellner* is professor
of history at the Universidad de Oriente 
in Venezuela. His recent
publications include /Neoliberalismo y 
Anti-Neoliberalismo en
América Latina/ and /Venezuela: Hugo Chávez 
and the
Decline of an "Exceptional Democracy"/ (coedited with Miguel 
Tinker Salas). 

CONTENTS: 

* Foreword?/Kenneth
Roberts/. 
* Introduction: Rethinking Venezuelan Politics. 
*

>From the Colonial Period to 1958: A Brief Overview. 
*
Venezuela's "Model" Democracy, 1958-1989. 
* Neoliberal
Reforms and Political Crisis, 1989-1999. 
* The Four Stages of the
Chávez Presidency. 
* Conflicting Currents in the
Chávez Movement. 
* The Chávez Movement's Top-Down and
Grassroots Approaches. 
* The Chávez Government in the
International Arena. 
* Conclusion. 

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