Collapse of Venezuela

Scorched Earth Politics and Economic Decline, 2012–2020

AvFrancisco Rodríguez

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-03-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 30 mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Kellogg Institute Series on Democracy and Development
Antal sidor:538
Förlag:University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN:9780268209018

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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.

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"The Collapse of Venezuela is the definitive account of the collapse of the Venezuelan economy. Rodríguez provides not only a page-turning play-by-play of the economic policy decisions that destroyed more than 70 percent of Venezuela's GDP but also a startling new theory of economically destructive political conflict." —Dorothy Kronick, University of California, Berkeley

Innehållsförteckning

PrefacePart 1. The Political Economy of Economic Collapse1. How Economies Self-Destruct2. The Great Contraction3. Scorched Earth PoliticsPart 2. The Unraveling of Venezuela's Populist Experiment, 2012-20154. Populism Unplugged5. Enter Maduro6. Living Dangerously7. Elections, The Stakes of Power, and Economic PoliciesPart 3. The Descent Into Economically Destructive Political Conflict, 2016-20208. Becoming Toxic9. Sanctioning Venezuela10. Politicians Without BordersPart 4. Extending the Framework11. Scorched Earth Politics Beyond Venezuela12. Venezuela Beyond Scorched Earth PoliticsReferences