The Politics of Change in Venezuela, Volume 1: A Strategy for Research on Social Policy

by José Silva Michelena and Frank Bonilla

"The Failure of Elites" is unique as an in-depth study of an operative elite in a country undergoing substantial modernizing change while experiencing profound conflict, including armed insurgency and terrorism. The book combines a historical account of elite succession with an analysis of the social characteristics of incumbent elites. In particular, it describes the rise to power of a middle-sector elite, its subsequent fragmentation and loss of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262020289
• ISBN13: 9780262020282
• Release Date: December 1967
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"