The unraveling of representative democracy in Venezuela

The normalization of Punto Fijo democracy / David J. Myers

Urban poor and political order / Damarys Canache

The military : from marginalization to center stage / Harold A. Trinkunas

Entrepreneurs : profits without power? / Nelson Ortiz

Civil society : late bloomers / Luis Salamanca

Intellectuals : an elite divided / Richard S. Hillman

The United States and Venezuela : from a special relationship to wary neighbors / Carlos A. Romero

The unraveling of Venezuela's party system : from party rule to personalistic politics and deinstitutionalization / José E. Molina

Decentralization : key to understanding a changing nation / Rafael de la Cruz

The syndrome of economic decline and the quest for change / Janet Kelly and Pedro A. Palma

Public opinion, political socialization, and regime stabilization / José Antonio Gil Yepes

From representative to participatory democracy? : regime transformation in Venezuela / Jennifer L. McCoy.