Explaining the rise of class politics in Venezuela

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-203

  Heath, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class politics; Elections; Political agency; Populism; Social cleavages; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; POLITICS; POPULISM; TOP-DOWN APPROACH;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 61349187687     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: 14709856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-9856.2008.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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