Democracy for the Privileged: Crisis and Transition in Venezuela

by Richard S. Hillman

This work looks at the process of democratisation in Venezuela, examining the conditions that support or inhibit the consolidation of democracy and explaining the significance of critical events. It shows how the patron/client system has failed to respond to mass aspirations sufficiently.

198 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1994

About the author

Avid tennis player and boater. Married Audrey in 1967. Oliver born in 1967 and Shoshana in 1972.

PhD (NYU - public admin and Latin American pol), Dipl Estudios Hispanicos (Madrid) and AB (Phil) Bates College.

Fulbright Scholar and Professor Emeritus (St John Fisher College)

Lived in Long Island, Maine, Scotland, Spain, Jamaica, and Venezuela. Traveled around the world with Semester at Sea.

Writers conferences: Eckerd College, Rosemary Beach, Taos.

Reisides in Hudson and Clearwater, Florida.

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