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Socialism and Neoliberalism in Chavez’s Venezuela

by David Smilde | November 18, 2011 | Fall 2011

Since 2004, Hugo Chavez’s government has put resources into creating citizen support through cooperatives, councils, community media, and other participatory initiatives. But, as Sujatha Fernandes writes in Who Can Stop the Drums?, this support comes with strings attached.

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David Smilde is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Georgia. His current research examines religion and political conflict during the Chávez administration. He is author of Reason to Believe: Cultural Agency in Latin American Evangelicalism.

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