Caudillo politics and delegative democracy in the leadership of Chávez, Putin and Berlusconi
Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Political Science Bibliography: leaves 80-86. Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi are the flawed leaders of three very different countries. Various elements of structure and agency allow such individuals to attain and maintain p...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses5/5986 2023-05-15T17:23:34+02:00 Caudillo politics and delegative democracy in the leadership of Chávez, Putin and Berlusconi Pike, Sherrill Dawn Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Political Science Italy; Russia (Federation); Venezuela 1994; 1991; 1999 2010 v, 86 leaves Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses5/id/5986 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (2.15 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Pike_SherrillDawn.pdf a3497991 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses5/id/5986 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Berlusconi Silvio 1936- Chávez Frías Hugo Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich 1952- Caudillos--Italy Caudillos--Russia (Federation) Caudillos--Venezuela Democracy--Italy Democracy--Russia (Federation) Democracy--Venezuela Political leadership--Italy Political leadership--Russia (Federation) Political leadership--Venezuela Italy--Politics and government--1994- Russia (Federation)--Politics and goverment--1991- Venezuela--Politics and government--1999- Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 2010 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:22:48Z Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Political Science Bibliography: leaves 80-86. Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi are the flawed leaders of three very different countries. Various elements of structure and agency allow such individuals to attain and maintain power despite their faults. An analysis of Chavez's leadership style, the nature of Venezuelan democracy and Venezuela's political culture sets the pattern for comparison with Putin and Berlusconi. Chavez also provides the basis to explore whether Latin American political concepts such as elected caudillismo and delegative democracy may be usefully applied to leaders in other countries. Ultimately, it is the failure of various structural components in Venezuela, Russia and Italy that allow these men to govern. They are all, indeed, elected caudillos and Venezuela and Russia are examples of delegative democracy. It is because Berlusconi is considered, by observers, to be a western democratic leader that he escapes the negative judgments heaped on Chavez and Putin. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) Chavez ENVELOPE(-64.483,-64.483,-65.667,-65.667) |
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Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Political Science Bibliography: leaves 80-86. Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin and Silvio Berlusconi are the flawed leaders of three very different countries. Various elements of structure and agency allow such individuals to attain and maintain power despite their faults. An analysis of Chavez's leadership style, the nature of Venezuelan democracy and Venezuela's political culture sets the pattern for comparison with Putin and Berlusconi. Chavez also provides the basis to explore whether Latin American political concepts such as elected caudillismo and delegative democracy may be usefully applied to leaders in other countries. Ultimately, it is the failure of various structural components in Venezuela, Russia and Italy that allow these men to govern. They are all, indeed, elected caudillos and Venezuela and Russia are examples of delegative democracy. It is because Berlusconi is considered, by observers, to be a western democratic leader that he escapes the negative judgments heaped on Chavez and Putin. |
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