The book is devoted to the subject of Venezuela's politics and the different dimensions of its longstanding crisis, with various researchers exchanging ideas on the current problems affecting the country. It is the first comprehensive overview on the dimensions of Venezuela's current crisis written in English, thus filling an important research gap. Especially the participation of international, well-known scholars make it a global enterprise.

The book covers historical and theoretical facts surrounding the case of Venezuela and also focuses on the parties and actors that play decisive roles in the conflict. Subjects include the military, public administration, ideology, the opposition, the party landscape along with its crisis and Venezuela's oil policy. Furthermore the book touches upon international and regional aspects: Venezuela's diplomatic relations with the EU, the USA, Cuba and Colombia, respectively. The volume addresses a wider audience, suchas scholars on Latin American and especially Venezuelan Politics, International Relations, as well as an interested public, including journalists and politicians.

It is the first comprehensive overview on the dimensions of Venezuela's current crisis written in English Provides an overview over historical, theoretical facts as well as parties and actors Addressed to a wider audience

Autorentext

Dr. Miguel Latouche has been guest professor at Rostock University, Germany, since 2020 under the auspices of the Philipp Schwartz-Initiative/ Humboldt Foundation. Until June 2020 he was Associated Professor at the Central University of Venezuela, Caracas. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Muno has been Chair of Comparative Politics at Rostock University, Rostock, since 2018. He studied Political Science, Ethnology and Public Law at the University of Mainz and the Central University of Venezuela, Caracas. His research topics include Latin American Politics, Populism and North South Relations. Alexandra Gericke has been assistant lecturer at the Chair for Comparative Politics at the University of Rostock, Germany, since 2017. Her research interests include politics, conflicts and peace processes in Colombia and guerrilla groups in Latin America. She is a PhD candidate, working on insurgent group-to-party transitions in the course of peace processes, concentrating above all on the case of Colombia.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction: Venezuela Dimensions of the Crisis.- Part I. History and Theory.- Chapter 2. Can an Evolutionary Order be schizophrenic? Reading Venezuelan politics from an institutionalist perspective.- Chapter 3. Ideological aspects of Venezuela's current divide.- Chapter 4. Venezuela between Democracy and Autocracy: History and Politics in the 20th and 21st centuries.- Part II. Domestic Dimensions of The Crisis: Actors, Parties and Problems.- Chapter 5. Multiple Crises of the Venezuelan Party System.- Chapter 6. Discretionality and Disarticulation in the Venezuelan Public Administration.- Chapter 7. The Military Factor.- Part III. International and Regional Dimensions of the Crisis.- Chapter 8. The Role of the EU in the Venezuelan conflict: Why did democracy promotion fail?.- Chapter 9. From Monroe to Bolívar and back? US-Venezuela Relations.- Chapter 10. Venezuela, Cuba and United States: Power and Geopolitics in the Great Caribbean.- Chapter 11. Difficult but necessary: Venezuela-Colombia relations throughout time. A historical depiction of two specially connected neighbors.- Chapter 12. Conclusion: Dimensions of The Crisis and Future Prospects.