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The Magical State
Fernando Coronil
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Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela
出版University of Chicago Press, 1997-11-10
主題Business & Economics / Economic ConditionsBusiness & Economics / Development / Economic DevelopmentBusiness & Economics / Economics / GeneralHistory / Latin America / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / DemocracyPolitical Science / History & TheorySocial Science / Anthropology / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Developing & Emerging Countries
ISBN02261160189780226116013
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ecTWdRNSJCcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gómez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter and began to establish what today is 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 finally 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, Fernando Coronil examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture, and economy, recasting theories of development and highlighting the relevance of these processes for other postcolonial nations. The result is a timely and compelling historical ethnography of political power at the cutting edge of interdisciplinary reflections on modernity and the state.