Monday, October 1, 2012

VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT- The Chávez Model and the Coming Elections
Gregory Wilpert: Nationalizations and reforms are popular but perceptions of government mismanagement are widespread Bio Gregory Wilpert a German-American sociologist who earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Brandeis University in 1994. Between 2000 and 2008 he lived in Venezuela, where he taught at the Central University of Venezuela and then worked as a freelance journalist, writing on Venezuelan politics for a wide range of publications and also founded Venezuelanalysis.com, an english-langugage website about Venezuela. In 2007 he published the book Changing Venezuela by Taking Power: The History and Policies of the Chavez Government (Verso Books). He moved back to the U.S. in 2008 because his wife was named Consul General of Venezuela in New York. Since returning to the U.S. he has been working as an Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College.
[ED NOTE:CLICK LINK FOR VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT,ALSO SEE... Venezuelan Barrios Vote for Chavez and Participatory Democracy  Chávez Faces Crime and Housing Shortage as Key Issues in Coming Venezuelan Elections Chavez Leads Polls as Opposition Fractures

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