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020			_a9780511762062 (ebook)
020			_z9780521195874 (hardback)
020			_z9780521145572 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aJL3831 _b.B7318 2010
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100	1		_aBrewer-Carías, Allan R., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDismantling Democracy in Venezuela : _bThe Chávez Authoritarian Experiment / _cAllan R. Brewer-Carías.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_a1 online resource (434 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis book examines the process of dismantling the democratic institutions and protections in Venezuela under the Hugo Chávez regime. The actions of the Chávez government have influenced similar processes and undemocratic manoeuvrings in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Honduras. Since the election of Hugo Chávez as president of Venezuela in 1998, a sinister form of nationalistic authoritarianism has arisen at the expense of long-established democratic standards. During the past decade, the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution has been systematically attacked by all branches of the Chávez government, particularly by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, which has legitimized the Chávez-ordered constitutional violations. The Chávez regime has purposely defrauded the Constitution and severely restricted representative government, all in the name of a supposedly participatory democracy controlled by a popularly supported central government. This volume illustrates how an authoritarian, nondemocratic government has been established in Venezuela.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521195874
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762062
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
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