{"product_id":"9783319595061","title":"Grassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela: The Revolutionary Petro-State","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGrassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela: The Revolutionary Petro-State\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eStrønen, Iselin Åsedotter\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book presents an ethnographic study of how grassroots activism in Venezuela during the Chávez presidency can be understood in relation to the country's history as a petro-state. Taking the contested relationship between the popular sectors and the Venezuelan state as a point of departure, Iselin Åsedotter Strønen explores how notions such as class, race, state, bureaucracy, popular politics, capitalism, neoliberalism, consumption, oil wealth, and corruption gained salience in the Bolivarian process. A central argument is that the Bolivarian process was an attempt to challenge the practices, ideas, and values inherited from Venezuela's historical development as an oil-producing state. Drawing on rich ethnographic material from Caracas' shantytowns, state institutions, as well as everyday life and public culture, Strønen explores the complexities and challenges in fostering deep social and political change. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-09-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9783319595061\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783319595061\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-319-59507-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 357\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309602566284,"sku":"9783319595061","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783319595061.jpg?v=1754970103","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783319595061","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}