Venezuela’s social transformation and growing class struggle

Dario Azzellini

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Abstract

By providing examples of how self-organisation and conflict have evolved in workplaces and communities, this chapter argues that the Chávez government has been able to uphold and deepen the process of social transformation for at least a decade. Given the two opposing logics of constituent and constituted power, however, conflict between them is likely to increase.3 This chapter analyses how the conflicts have evolved in the communities and workplaces focusing on the period since 2007. Finally, I draw conclusions about the emancipatory character of the transformation process.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCrisis and Contradiction: Marxist Perspectives on Latin America in the Global Economy
Editors Susan J. Spronk and Jeffery R. Webber
Place of PublicationLeiden
PublisherBrill
Pages138-162
Number of pages24
Volume79
ISBN (Print)9789004226173
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Publication series

NameHistorical Materialism Book Series

Fields of science

  • 504 Sociology

JKU Focus areas

  • Social Systems, Markets and Welfare States
  • Social and Economic Sciences (in general)

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