ISBN:
9781683403470
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (354 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
972.91064
Keywords:
Sociology
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book compares the sociopolitical processes behind twomajor revolutions--those of Cuba in 1959, when Fidel Castro came to power, and Venezuelain 1999, when Hugo Chávez won the presidential election.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I. Origins, Processes, and Outcomes of the Revolution and Its Consolidation -- 1. The Study of Revolutions -- 2. The Cuban Revolution: Democracy Betrayed -- 3. The Bolivarian Revolution on Trial -- Part II. Cuba's and Venezuela's International Relations -- 4. Cuba's Foreign Policy: Large Presence, Few Resources -- 5. Venezuela's Foreign Policy: Large Presence, Excessive Resources -- Part III. Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States: Alliance and Confrontation -- 6. The Cuba-Venezuela Alliance -- 7. The Impossible Triangle -- 8. Crisis in Cuba: Revolution and Reform -- 9. Crisis in Venezuela: Revolution and Reform -- 10. One Hope, Two Realities -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- About the Authors.
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