Venezuela - A Country Study

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Index Page

  • COUNTRY PROFILE
  • SOCIETY
  • ECONOMY
  • TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
  • GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
  • NATIONAL SECURITY
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Historical Setting
  • DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST
  • SPANISH COLONIAL LIFE
  • THE EPIC OF INDEPENDENCE
  • A CENTURY OF CAUDILLISMO
  • THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRATIC RULE
  • THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY
  • Chapter 2. The Society and Its Environment
  • GEOGRAPHY
  • Topography
  • Climate
  • Hydrography
  • POPULATION DYNAMICS
  • Population Profile
  • Migration
  • Settlement Patterns
  • SOCIAL STRUCTURE
  • The Elite
  • The Middle Class
  • Peasants
  • Workers and the Urban Lower Class
  • ETHNIC GROUPS
  • MODERNIZATION, SOCIAL VALUES, AND RELIGION
  • SOCIAL WELFARE
  • Health and Social Security
  • Chapter 3. The Economy
  • GROWTH AND STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
  • ECONOMIC POLICY
  • Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies
  • LABOR
  • Informal Sector
  • AGRICULTURE
  • Land Policies
  • Land Use
  • Crops
  • Cash Crops
  • Livestock
  • Farming Technology
  • Fishing and Forestry
  • ENERGY AND INDUSTRY
  • Petroleum
  • Natural Gas and Petrochemicals
  • Electricity
  • Mining
  • Manufacturing
  • Construction
  • SERVICES
  • Transportation
  • Telecommunications
  • Tourism
  • FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
  • Balance of Payments
  • Foreign Debt
  • Foreign Assistance
  • Chapter 4. Government and Politics
  • THE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM
  • Constitutional Development
  • The Executive
  • The Legislature
  • The Judiciary
  • Public Administration
  • Local Government
  • The Electoral System
  • POLITICAL DYNAMICS
  • Political Developments since 1958
  • Interest Groups and Major Political Actors
  • Political Parties
  • Formal and Informal Dynamics of Public Policy
  • The Mass Media
  • FOREIGN RELATIONS
  • Chapter 5. National Security
  • HISTORY OF THE ARMED FORCES
  • STRATEGIC SETTING
  • Venezuela and the United States
  • Venezuela and Colombia
  • Venezuela and Guyana
  • Venezuela and Brazil
  • ROLE OF THE MILITARY IN NATIONAL LIFE
  • Manpower
  • Defense Spending
  • ARMED FORCES ORGANIZATION, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT
  • The Army
  • The Navy
  • The Air Force
  • The Armed Forces of Cooperation (National Guard)
  • Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
  • INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC ORDER
  • Law Enforcement Agencies
  • The Criminal Justice System
  • The Prison System

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