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The crisis in Venezuela: Drivers, transitions, and pathways

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In this introduction, we present the main contributions of this special collection, which aim to open the analysis to the broader political and economic processes that underpin Venezuela’s recent crisis.… Click to show full abstract

In this introduction, we present the main contributions of this special collection, which aim to open the analysis to the broader political and economic processes that underpin Venezuela’s recent crisis. We highlight the transition from a limited democracy to an authoritarian regime and some of the potential pathways to democratization. We further explain how the political transition that occurred in the last decade was influenced by structural conditions of the Venezuelan economy, elaborating on the collapse of the Venezuelan rentier economy and some of the emerging processes that feed the strengthening of authoritarianism. Lastly, we analyse how these transformations have been affected by a changing international order with emerging actors and dynamics in a global order upheaval. The articles in this special collection locate in Venezuela’s crisis on broader theoretical discussions rooted in comparative and historical perspectives. Resumen: Crisis en Venezuela: Actores, transiciones y vias En esta introduccion, presentamos las principales contribuciones de esta coleccion especial, cuyo objetivo es abrir un analisis a los amplios procesos politicos y economicos que sustentan la reciente crisis de Venezuela. Destacamos la transicion de una democracia limitada a un regimen autoritario y algunas de las posibles vias hacia la democratizacion. Explicamos ademas como la transicion politica que ocurrio en la ultima decada estuvo influida por las condiciones estructurales de la economia venezolana, explicando el colapso de la economia rentista venezolana y algunos de los procesos emergentes que alimentan el fortalecimiento del autoritarismo. Por ultimo, analizamos como estas transformaciones se han visto afectadas por un orden internacional cambiante con actores y dinamicas emergentes en una agitacion del orden global. Los articulos de esta coleccion especial situan la crisis de Venezuela en debates teoricos mas amplios enraizados en perspectivas comparativas e historicas.

Keywords: transitions pathways; venezuela drivers; venezuela; crisis venezuela; drivers transitions; crisis

Journal Title: European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Year Published: 2020

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