02189nam a22003138a 4500 CR9780511762062 UkCbUP 20180107143412.0 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100506s2010||||enk s ||1 0|eng|d 9780511762062 (ebook) 9780521195874 (hardback) 9780521145572 (paperback) UkCbUP UkCbUP rda JL3831 .B7318 2010 987.06/42 22 Brewer-Carías, Allan R., author. Dismantling Democracy in Venezuela : The Chávez Authoritarian Experiment / [electronic resource] Allan R. Brewer-Carías. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 online resource (434 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015). This book examines the process of dismantling the democratic institutions and protections in Venezuela under the Hugo Chávez regime. The actions of the Chávez government have influenced similar processes and undemocratic manoeuvrings in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Honduras. Since the election of Hugo Chávez as president of Venezuela in 1998, a sinister form of nationalistic authoritarianism has arisen at the expense of long-established democratic standards. During the past decade, the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution has been systematically attacked by all branches of the Chávez government, particularly by the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, which has legitimized the Chávez-ordered constitutional violations. The Chávez regime has purposely defrauded the Constitution and severely restricted representative government, all in the name of a supposedly participatory democracy controlled by a popularly supported central government. This volume illustrates how an authoritarian, nondemocratic government has been established in Venezuela. Print version: 9780521195874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511762062 Cambridge Books Online 236489 236489