The Venezuelan Democratic Revolution : : A Profile of the Regime of Rómulo Betancourt / / Robert J. Alexander.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Alexander, Robert J.,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [1964]; ©1964
• Year of Publication: 1964
• Edition: Reprint 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part One The Background of the Democratic Revolution -- Introduction -- Chapter One Venezuela and Its People -- Chapter Two The Forerunner of the Revolution, 1945 to 1948 -- Chapter Three The Pérez Jiménez Regime -- Chapter Four The Provisional Regime -- Chapter Five Objectives and Methods of the Revolution -- Part Two The Politics of the Democratic Revolution -- Chapter Six The Government Parties -- Chapter Seven The Opposition Parties -- Chapter Eight The Military and the Right-Wing Opposition -- Chapter Nine Democracy and Civil Liberties under Betancourt -- Chapter Ten Foreign Policy of the Revolution -- Part Three The Program of the Democratic Revolution -- Chapter Eleven The Economic-Financial Problem -- Chapter Twelve The Agrarian Reform: General Outlines -- Chapter Thirteen The Agrarian Reform: Some Specific Examples -- Chapter Fourteen The Agrarian Reform: Success or Failure? -- Chapter Fifteen Industrialization: Aid to Private Enterprise -- Chapter Sixteen Industrialization: The State-Owned Sector -- Chapter Seventeen Petroleum, Mining, and Conservation Policy -- Chapter Eighteen Labor Policy and Organization -- Chapter Nineteen Primary Education -- Chapter Twenty Adult, Vocational, Secondary, and University Education -- Chapter Twenty-One Housing, Public Utilities, and Roads -- Chapter Twenty-Two Health, Social Welfare, and Prison Reform -- Fart Four Significance of the Venezuelan Democratic Revolution -- Chapter Twenty-Three The Balance Sheet of the Revolution -- Chapter Twenty-Four The Role of the Venezuelan Democratic Revolution in America -- Notes -- Bibliographical Note -- Index