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Acknowledgements vi

List of Abbreviations vii

Introduction: The Triumph of Politics in Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador 1

1 The Military and the Rise of the Left 13

2 The Politics of Mass Protests 41

3 Populism and the Return of the Political 68

4 Personalism, Plebiscites and Institutions 102

5 The Politics of Oil and Gas: Twenty-First Century

Socialism in Practice 123

6 The Fault Lines of Latin American Integration 149

Conclusion 174

Notes 185

References 194

Index 215