{"product_id":"venezuela-in-crisis-socialist-perspectives-9798888904640","title":"Venezuela in Crisis: Socialist Perspectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this essential intervention, Venezuelan socialists provide an invaluable analysis of the origins and causes of their country's crisis, and offer a critique of the Maduro regime. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVenezuela in Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e brings together a diverse array of Venezuelan thinkers and activists to grapple with the question of how and why the aspirations for what Hugo Chavez deemed \"socialism in the twenty-first century\" gave way to the deepest economic collapse in all of South America. While recognizing the devastating impact of sanctions, this collection's authors reject the simplistic view that all would be well if not for US meddling. Rather, they argue that from governmental mismanagement to rising repression, the regime of Nicolás Maduro deserves a significant share of the blame for Venezuela's ongoing crisis. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith chapters focused on the Maduro government's economic policies, its continuities and breaks from the Chávez era, its erosion of democratic processes in the country, and its doubling down on extractivism, \u003cem\u003eVenezuela in Crisis \u003c\/em\u003eis an indispensable guide for international solidarity activists and for anyone looking for a nuanced understanding of Venezuela's crisis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Writing from an anticapitalist, anti-imperialist, and anti-authoritarian perspective, this volume never loses sight of the need to stand with the Venezuelan people rather than their government-even when it claims to be struggling to build socialism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anderson M. Bean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888904640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnderson M. Bean \u003c\/strong\u003eis an assistant teaching professor of sociology at the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eCommunes and the Venezuelan State: The Struggle for Participatory Democracy in a Time of Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Anderson M. Bean \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792965484701,"sku":"9798888904640","price":47.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_95768282-f133-43af-a7fc-04895e4dd9af.jpg?v=1774985801","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/venezuela-in-crisis-socialist-perspectives-9798888904640","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}