Foreword / Kenneth Roberts
1. Introduction : Rethinking Venezuelan politics
2. From the Colonial Period to 1958 : a brief overview
3. Venezuela's "model" democracy, 1958-1989
4. Neoliberal reforms and political crisis, 1989-1999
5. The four stages of the Chávez presidency
6. Conflicting currents in the Chávez movement
7. The Chávez movement's top-down and grassroots approaches
8. The Chávez government in the international arena