| Grassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela: The Revolutionary Petro-State Contributor(s): Strønen, Iselin Åsedotter (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319595067 ISBN-13: 9783319595061 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Political Science | World - Caribbean & Latin American - Business & Economics | Industries - Energy |
| Dewey: 306.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.33 lbs) 357 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Ch vez presidency can be understood in relation to the country's history as a petro-state. Taking the contested relationship between the popular sectors and the Venezuelan state as a point of departure, Iselin sedotter Str nen explores how notions such as class, race, state, bureaucracy, popular politics, capitalism, neoliberalism, consumption, oil wealth, and corruption gained salience in the Bolivarian process. A central argument is that the Bolivarian process was an attempt to challenge the practices, ideas, and values inherited from Venezuela's historical development as an oil-producing state. Drawing on rich ethnographic material from Caracas' shantytowns, state institutions, as well as everyday life and public culture, Str nen explores the complexities and challenges in fostering deep social and political change. |
