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Author_Fernando Coronil
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Product details
- ISBN 9780226116013
- Weight: 794g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 10 Nov 1997
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974-78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised to effect this transformation, yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry. In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, this text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations.
