01:790:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cordon Sanitaire, Copei, Radical Change
27 Feb 2017
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Importance of the venezuelan case: example of breakdown of consolidated democratic government. Used to be regarded as one of the most developed central american countries and after the damage done by hugo chavez that has been completely reversed: dangers of a pacted transition . Failure to reach consensus and unity with non-participatory members: risks of rentier state model, politics of national populism. Venezuela as hybrid regime: public dissatisfaction and disengagement from previously dysfunctional democratic institutions. Hugo chavez came to power and was reelected through what are considered to be clean and fair elections his popularity stems from angry venezuelans who felt cut out of political life and economic growth. Failure to facilitate a strong middle class: non-democratic governance via democratic elections, socio-political demagoguery via charismatic leadership. Venezuela"s pacted government : 1958-1998: democracy from negotiated compromises of accion democratica (ad) and comite de. Organizacion politica electoral independenite (copei: strengths and weaknesses of elite bargaining.
