LEADER 04600cam 2200625 i 4500001 on1287125854 003 OCoLC 005 20230124160101.0 008 220722s2022 pau b 001 0 eng 010 2022029655 019 12870758401287104136 020 9780822947448 020 0822947447 |qhardcover 020 |z9780822989165 |qelectronic book 035 (Sirsi) o1287125854 035 (OCoLC)1287125854 |z(OCoLC)1287075840 |z(OCoLC)1287104136 040 LBSOR/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dPIT |dUKMGB |dYDX |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 s-ve---n-us--- 050 00 E183.8.V3 |bG55 2022 082 00 327.73087 |223/eng/20220801 100 1 Gill, Timothy M., |eauthor. |=^A1404384 245 10 Encountering US empire in socialist Venezuela : |bthe legacy of race, neocolonialism, and democracy promotion / |cTimothy M. Gill. 246 30 Encountering United States empire in socialist Venezuela 264 1 Pittsburgh, PA : |bUniversity of Pittsburgh Press, |c[2022] 300 xii, 260 pages ; |c24 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Pitt Latin American series 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction. US empire in the twenty-first century -- The rise of Hugo Ch avez and the evolution of US-Venezuelan relations -- Theoretical perspectives on US democracy assistance -- Understanding Venezuelans, understanding Ch avez : the endurance of racist-imperialist mentalities -- Coaching opposition political parties I : the International Republican Institute -- Coaching opposition political parties II : the National Democratic Institute -- Promoting free market economics and traditional labor unions in Ch avez's Venezuela -- Funding anti-Ch avez voices in civil society : the National Endowment for Democracy -- Transforming Chavistas, encouraging protest : the US Agency for International Development in Venezuela -- Ch avez responds : terminating foreign funding for political parties and NGOs -- Conclusion. Making theoretical sense of US democracy assistance efforts in Venezuela. 520 "Since the end of World War II, the United States has come to dominate the world economically and politically, leading many to describe the United States as an empire. Scholars have analyzed how the US government has worked through international financial institutions, its Central Intelligence Agency, and outright warfare to achieve its will. In this book, Timothy M. Gill spotlights how the US government also worked through democracy promotion to undermine governments abroad, including in Venezuela. President Hugo Ch avez, who ruled from 1999 until his death in 2013, was among the democratically elected Latin American state leaders who embraced socialism and challenged the idea of US global power. Gill shows how US government agencies funded and trained opposition parties and activists, and how such intervention often was justified in neocolonial and racist terms. Through analysis of documents obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, embassy cables, and interviews with US government and Venezuelan nonprofit members, Gill details such operations and the imperial thinking behind them"-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Ch avez Fr ias, Hugo. |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 0 Opposition (Political science) |zVenezuela. |=^A17488 650 0 Democratization |zVenezuela. |=^A409461 651 0 United States |xForeign relations |zVenezuela. |=^A16265 651 0 Venezuela |xForeign relations |zUnited States. |=^A98261 651 0 Venezuela |xPolitics and government |y1999- |=^A526783 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government |y1989- |=^A242669 600 17 Ch avez Fr ias, Hugo. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00331187 |?UNAUTHORIZED 650 7 Democratization. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00890123 650 7 Diplomatic relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 Opposition (Political science) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01046603 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 7 Venezuela. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204166 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 Since 1989 |2fast 830 0 Pitt Latin American series. |=^A223435 949 Order on Demand |wASIS |hJOYNER219 960 |o1 |s55.00 |uJHIS |zUSD 961 |fDMD |m138099 596 1 998 5945627