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In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974-78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised to effect this transformation, yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry. In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, this text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government Political structure & processes

• Full title: Magical State - Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela
• Author: Fernando Coronil
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 466
• EAN: 9780226116020
• ISBN: 0226116026
• ID: 02338472
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 628 g
• Dimensions: 232 × 157 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. November 1997

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