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The Magical State - Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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The Magical State - Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
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In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez,
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.
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