The Constitutional Situation in Venezuela: the Construction of a Socialist Communal State

• Authors: Casal Jesús María
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper will try to emphasize how, in recent years, steps have been taken aimed at replacing the pluralist and decentralized State foreseen in the Constitution for a different model, based on the penetration of the socialism in the different community spaces, which constitutes the foundation for the establishment of a new scheme of production, of conviviality and legitimacy. It will highlight the contradictions between the model presented as desirable and the real state policies and judgments

Keywords

EN

Constitutional law; socialism; Venezuela

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 2(24): Venezuelan Studies
• Pages: 127-140

Contributors

author

Casal Jesús María

• Andrés Bello Catholic University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/Politeja.10.2013.24.09