The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Left-Wing Populism in Socialist Venezuela

Authors

  • Timothy M Gill University of North Carolina at Wilmington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2018.847

Keywords:

Populism, Socialism, Venezuela

Abstract

Gill shows how Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s populist style of governance both inspired opposition to U.S. imperialism and drew the ire of many powerful domestic and foreign groups, contributing to the country's current economic malaise.

Author Biography

Timothy M Gill, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Timothy M. Gill is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. His research examines U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela, U.S. "democracy promotion" efforts in Latin America, and the dynamics of U.S. empire more broadly.

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Gill, Timothy M. 2016. “The Venezuelan Government and the Global Field: The Legislative Battle over Foreign Funding for Nongovernmental Organizations,” Sociological Forum 31(1): 29-52.

Gill, Timothy M. 2018. “From Promoting Political Polyarchy to Defeating Participatory Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy towards the Far Left in Latin America,” Journal of World-Systems Research 24(1): 72-95.

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Smilde, David. 2011. "Participation, Politics and Culture: Emerging Fragments of Venezuela's

Bolivarian Democracy," pp. 1-27 in Venezuela's Bolivarian Democracy: Participation, Politics and Culture under Chávez, edited by David Smilde and Daniel Hellinger. Durham: Duke University Press.

Smilde, David and Timothy M. Gill. 2013. “Strategic Posture Review: Venezuela,” World Politics Review, September 17.

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Published

2018-08-14

How to Cite

Gill, T. M. (2018). The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Left-Wing Populism in Socialist Venezuela. Journal of World-Systems Research, 24(2), 304–313. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2018.847

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2018): Volume 24, Issue 2: Summer/Fall 2018

Section

Symposium: Populisms in the World-System

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