Grassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela : The Revolutionary Petro-State

This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book presents an ethnographic study of how grassroots activism in Venezuela during the Chávez presidency can be understood in relation to the country's history as a petro-state. Taking the contested relationship between the popu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Strønen, Iselin Åsedotter (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Area studies.
Environmental sociology.
Political sociology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319595078
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-59507-8
Physical DescriptionXXI, 357 p. 23 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Understanding Venezuela Before and Under Chávez
  • 2. Barrio Lives and Histories
  • 3. Contested Community Politics
  • 4. The State as a Battlefield
  • 5. Popularizing the State
  • 6. Moralities, Money, and Extractive Capitalism
  • 7. Collective Consumption and the Magical State
  • 8. Corruption in the Petro-State
  • 9. Conclusion: Understanding the Revolutionary Petro-State.

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