The Venezuelan Labor Movement Under Chávez: Autonomous Branch of Civil Society or Instrument of Political Control?

Authors

  • Steve Ellner Universidad del Oriente

Keywords:

Venezuelan Labor Movement, Hugo Chávez

Abstract

This essay analyses how the Venezuelan Labor Movement has developped itself under the government of Chávez.

Author Biography

  • Steve Ellner, Universidad del Oriente
    Steve Ellner has taught social science at the Universidad de Oriente in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela since 1977 and is currently a visiting professor at Duke University. He is co-editor of Venezuelan Politics in the Chávez Era: Class, Polarization and Conflict (Lynne Rienner, 2003), The Latin American Left: From the Fall of Allende to Perestroika (Westview, 2003), and two issues of Latin American Perspectives on Venezuela (March-April 2005 and May-June 2005). He is author of Venezuela's Movimiento al Socialismo: From Guerrilla Defeat to Electoral Politics (Duke University Press, l988) and Organized Labor in Venezuela, l958-l991: Behavior and Concerns in a Democratic Setting (Scholarly Resources, l993). He is a frequent contributor to NACLA: Report on the Americas, In These Times and Commonweal.

Published

2005-04-10

Issue

Section

Articles / Artículos

How to Cite

The Venezuelan Labor Movement Under Chávez: Autonomous Branch of Civil Society or Instrument of Political Control?. (2005). A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos, 2(3), 102-125. https://acontracorriente.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/acontracorriente/article/view/86