Competent scholars, some American and some Venezuelan, contribute their insights to this completely revised edition of a book first published in 1977. Party systems, public opinion, public administration, local government, state enterprises, oil and agriculture are among the topics. As for prognosis, the editors foresee "an austerity-modified version of the existing limited pluralist arrangement."
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