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

How to Cite

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

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