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Sowing Conflict in Venezuela: Political Violence and Economic Policy

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Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America

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From the 1960s through the 1980s, Venezuela was lauded as the paragon of democracy and stability in South America. While throughout the region, military regimes reigned with a previously unknown ferocity, Venezuelan democracy appeared to flourish. Yet by the end of the 1980s, Venezuela was becoming one of South America’s more conflict-ridden countries. This chapter seeks to explain the shift in Venezuela’s level of conflict and internal violence relative to others in the region, with particular attention to the effects of economic conditions and policies on shifting levels of social conflict.

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  1. Deborah L. Norden
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  1. Government and Economics at Claremont McKenna College, USA

    William Ascher (Donald C. McKenna Professor) (Donald C. McKenna Professor)

  2. Duke Center for International Development, USA

    Natalia Mirovitskaya (Senior Researcher & Lecturing Fellow) (Senior Researcher & Lecturing Fellow)

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Norden, D.L. (2012). Sowing Conflict in Venezuela: Political Violence and Economic Policy. In: Ascher, W., Mirovitskaya, N. (eds) Economic Development Strategies and the Evolution of Violence in Latin America. Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137272690_6

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