Elections and Negotiation : The Limits of Democracy in Venezuela
New York: Garland Publishing, 1986.
Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Item #5233
ISBN: 0824019083
Light wear. Crisp hardcover.; Contents: List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowlegements; Introduction; Part One: A Theoretical Approach; Chapter 1. The Formation and Operation of the Venezuelan Political System; Part Two: Formation of the Political System; Introduction; Ch 2. Dictatorship, the Military and Society; Ch 3. Political Weakness of the Upper Economic Class: The Route of Intermediation; Ch 4. The Masses and their Leadership: Peasants, Workers and Parties; Part Three: The Electoral Sphere; Introductory note; Ch 5. Recourse to the People: Relationships in the Electoral Sphere; Ch 6. Democracy from Above: Central Party Control of the Electoral Sphere; Ch 7. Democracy from Above: Control of Intermediate Organzations; Part Four: The Sphere of Compromise; Introductory note; Ch 8. Pluralism in the Economic Field: The Composition of Plural Bodies; Ch 9. Capital Concentration and the Limits of Pluralism; Ch 10. The Military in the Sphere of Compromise; Conclusion; Bibliography. ; Outstanding Theses from the London School of Economics and Political Science; 450 pages.
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