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The Collapse of Venezuela - Francisco Rodríguez

The Collapse of Venezuela

Scorched Earth Politics and Economic Decline, 2012–2020
Buch | Hardcover
506 Seiten
2025
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-20901-8 (ISBN)
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The Collapse of Venezuela documents Venezuela’s economic implosion as politicians adopted strategies that severely harmed the economy in their struggle for power.


Between 2012 and 2020, Venezuela suffered the largest economic contraction ever documented outside of wartime. This collapse was caused not just by the failure of an economic model but also the deeper failure of its political system to manage the conflicts inherent to a polarized society. The Collapse of Venezuela argues that when the stakes of power are high, politicians have an incentive to adopt political strategies that directly harm the economy. Author Francisco Rodríguez describes these scorched earth strategies and shows how politicians used these methods to target the Venezuelan economy in their fight for power. Ultimately, the conflicting sides have trapped the economy in a catastrophic stalemate that has destroyed the country’s living standards and turned the economy into a political battlefield.


By charting Venezuela’s experience with scorched earth politics, Rodríguez reveals an essential cautionary tale for other democracies around the globe.

Francisco Rodríguez is the Rice Family Professor of the Practice of International and Public Affairs at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. He is the co-editor of Venezuela before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse.

Preface


Part 1. The Political Economy of Economic Collapse


1. How Economies Self-Destruct


2. The Great Contraction


3. Scorched Earth Politics


Part 2. The Unraveling of Venezuela’s Populist Experiment, 2012-2015


4. Populism Unplugged


5. Enter Maduro


6. Living Dangerously


7. Elections, The Stakes of Power, and Economic Policies


Part 3. The Descent Into Economically Destructive Political Conflict, 2016-2020


8. Becoming Toxic


9. Sanctioning Venezuela


10. Politicians Without Borders


Part 4. Extending the Framework


11. Scorched Earth Politics Beyond Venezuela


12. Venezuela Beyond Scorched Earth Politics


References

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.2.2025
Reihe/Serie Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
Zusatzinfo 52 Figures; 12 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort Notre Dame IN
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10 0-268-20901-4 / 0268209014
ISBN-13 978-0-268-20901-8 / 9780268209018
Zustand Neuware
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