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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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