The Venezuelan Democratic Revolution: A Profile of the Regime of Rómulo Betancourt

Preface\nContents\nPart One The Background of the Democratic Revolution\nIntroduction\nChapter One Venezuela and Its People\nChapter Two The Forerunner of the Revolution, 1945 to 1948\nChapter Three The Pérez Jiménez Regime\nChapter Four The Provisional Regime\nChapter Five Objectives and Methods of the Revolution\nPart Two The Politics of the Democratic Revolution\nChapter Six The Government Parties\nChapter Seven The Opposition Parties\nChapter Eight The Military and the Right-Wing Opposition\nChapter Nine Democracy and Civil Liberties under Betancourt\nChapter Ten Foreign Policy of the Revolution\nPart Three The Program of the Democratic Revolution\nChapter Eleven The Economic-Financial Problem\nChapter Twelve The Agrarian Reform: General Outlines\nChapter Thirteen The Agrarian Reform: Some Specific Examples\nChapter Fourteen The Agrarian Reform: Success or Failure?\nChapter Fifteen Industrialization: Aid to Private Enterprise\nChapter Sixteen Industrialization: The State-Owned Sector\nChapter Seventeen Petroleum, Mining, and Conservation Policy\nChapter Eighteen Labor Policy and Organization\nChapter Nineteen Primary Education\nChapter Twenty Adult, Vocational, Secondary, and University Education\nChapter Twenty-One Housing, Public Utilities, and Roads\nChapter Twenty-Two Health, Social Welfare, and Prison Reform\nFart Four Significance of the Venezuelan Democratic Revolution\nChapter Twenty-Three The Balance Sheet of the Revolution\nChapter Twenty-Four The Role of the Venezuelan Democratic Revolution in America\nNotes\nBibliographical Note\nIndex