2013/07/01 by Miriam Kornblith · 2 citations
Social Sciences · #Politics and Society in Latin America #Cultural and political discourse analysis #Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
paper · doi:10.1353/jod.2013.0050
openalex publication_date 2013/07/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract: Following Hugo Chávez’s election to the Venezuela’s presidency, where he remained from 1999 till his death of cancer in March 2013, the country went from being a representative, albeit flawed, democracy (1958–98) to being an “electoral authoritarian” or “competitive authoritarian” regime. But can the chavista model survive the demise of the strongman from whom it takes its name? By all appearances it has begun to break down with surprising speed since his death.