The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela
The Magical State: Nature, Money, and Modernity in Venezuela
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神奇的国家：委内瑞拉的自然、金钱和现代性
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1997
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F. Coronil
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F. Coronil
1935年，独裁者胡安·比森特·戈麦斯将军去世后，委内瑞拉巩固了其作为世界主要石油出口国的地位，建立了南美洲最持久的民主政权。拥有国家石油财富的权力，历任总统都是卓越的人物，他们可以神奇地将委内瑞拉转变为一个现代国家。在1974- 1978年的石油繁荣时期，令人眼花缭乱的发展项目承诺实现这一转变，但现在国家必须努力安抚外国债权人，应对经济衰退，并遏制不满的公民。在与当代社会理论的批判性对话中，本文探讨了委内瑞拉政治，文化和经济的关键转变，为其他后殖民国家重塑了发展理论。
In 1935, after the death of dictator General Juan Vicente Gomez, Venezuela consolidated its position as the world's major oil exporter, establishing South America's longest-lasting democratic regime. Endowed with the power of state oil wealth, successive presidents appeared as transcendent figures who could magically transform Venezuela into a modern nation. During the 1974-78 oil boom, dazzling development projects promised to effect this transformation, yet now the state must struggle to appease its foreign creditors, counter a declining economy, and contain a discontented citizenry. In critical dialogue with contemporary social theory, this text examines key transformations in Venezuela's polity, culture and economy, recasting theories of development for other postcolonial nations.