Venezuela ’s Rentier events , 1989 and 201

Resurrection of the Rentier

Rentier States and International Relations Theory

The state plays a central position in theoretical debates in International Relations (IR). Both Realists and Liberals see the state as the central actor in the international system and thereby follow a Western understanding of the state as the holder of the monopoly of force. In the IRsub discipline of security studies new categories such as weak state, quasi state or state failure have created...

Financialization, Rentier Interests, and Central Bank Policy

I thank Jim Crotty for many helpful suggestions, Bob Pollin for very useful discussions on some of the material presented here, Minsik Choi, Dorothy Power and Max Maximov for excellent research assistance and the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations for essential financial support. All errors, of course, are mine and mine alone. Please send comments and suggestions to: [email protected] 2 Ab...

Venezuela ’ s Revolution in Decline Beware the Wounded Tiger

treated to a spectacle that was surreal even by the standards of this Andean nation. Speaking on his weekly television program Aló Presidente, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced the mobilization of ten army battalions to the Colombian border, and threatened to send the Venezuelan air force to directly attack Colombian President Álvaro Uribe. What made this announcement particularly biza...

Rentier B 2004 Vaccine 22 3225-3226