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The Rise and Fall of the Oil Nation Venezuela
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The Rise and Fall of the Oil Nation Venezuela [electronic resource] / by Carlos A. Rossi.
ISBN
9783031346606
Edition
1st ed. 2023.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XXVIII, 561 p.) 138 illus., 124 illus. in color.
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Summary
This book explains why Venezuela is so rich in natural resources-it has been producing oil since 1922 and harbors the largest oil reserves in the world-and yet it is also a failed nation of class-divided citizens exhibiting deep poverty in a corrupt, incompetent state. Venezuela is a bipolar nation, where two marked poles in the society exist which have historical origins and are mutually exclusive. The book provides a critical analysis of Venezuela's history, economy and politics and explains the context and implications of the bipolar poles, known as the elite pole and the resentful pole. Both, it shows, have done serious harm to Venezuela's prosperity. The author describes the vicious circle of oil wealth, corruption, inefficiency and world market dependency and gives recommendations for a better future.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 17, 2024
Contents
Above the Land-1: From Classist Colony to Caudillo Anarchy 1800-1821
Above the Land-2: The Era of Civil War 1821-1900
Below the Land: The Formation of Oil
Above the Land-3: The Iron Fist Order of the Mountaineers 1900-1935
How the Andinos & Foreign Companies Managed Venezuela's Oil
The Conflicting Poles in the Military
The New National Ideal.
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