Books by Julia Buxton
is Professor of Justice Studies at Liverpool John Moores University. She was previously British Academy Global Professor at the University of Manchester, and Associate and Acting Dean in the School of Public Policy at Central European University, Budapest. Her PhD (London School of Economics 1998) was published as The Failure of Political Reform in Venezuela. She is a region head (Andes) at the risk consultancy firm Oxford Analytica.
Interviews with Julia Buxton
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The Magical State: Nature, Money and Modernity in Venezuela
by Fernando Coronil -
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The Enduring Legacy: Oil, Culture, and Society in Venezuela
by Miguel Tinker Salas -
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Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution
by Richard Gott -
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Who Can Stop the Drums: Urban Social Movements in Chavez’s Venezuela
by Sujatha Fernandes -
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The Collapse of Venezuela: Scorched Earth Politics and Economic Decline 2012-2020
by Francisco Rodriguez
The best books on Venezuela, recommended by Julia Buxton
The best books on Venezuela, recommended by Julia Buxton
In early January 2026 US forces arrested the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro and took him into custody in the US, charged with drug offences. Political scientist Julia Buxton chooses five books on modern Venezuelan politics and explains that this is only the latest political catastrophe to befall a country that has been plagued by its vast oil reserves. An endowment of natural resources that was expected to make the country rich when they were discovered in the early 20th century has only succeeded in making it poor and politically unstable.
