Venezuela
The political evolution of Bolívarianism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20056640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Buxton (0000-0002-1423-8074, Institute of Criminology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Reclaiming Latin America (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Zed Books Ltd (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781350222144.ch-003 |
| OpenAlex | W3125743480 |
| ISBN | 9781350222144 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Julia Buxton Venezuela’s Bolívarian revolution is seen by proponents and critics as a paradigmatic example of the leftward shift in contemporary Latin American politics. The centrality ofVenezuela to the hemispheric political realignments of the twenty-first century has somejustification. President Hugo Chávez was the first of the ‘leftist’ presidents to assume executive authority, his election triggering - depending on one’s ideological leanings - fears of a domino effect and regional leftist contagion, or evidence that a leftist political alternative was possible in Latin America, a region historically dominated by right-of-centre political forces and neoliberal-inspired economic policies. A decade of Chavismo(the term tends to be used interchangeably with Bolívarianism) has produced a truly transformative project in Venezuela, one whose sustainability and capacity for institutionalization are questionable, but which has without doubt seen a significant redistribution of economic and political power from an elite minority to the politically excluded and economically marginalized majority
Genealogy · Political science · Politics · Cultural and political discourse analysis · History · History and Politics in Latin America · Law · Political Theory and Democracy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |