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List of tables List of figures List of abbreviations 1. Studying democratic institutions in Venezuela 2. The electoral system's impact on the role of congress in the policy-making process 3. The President's legislative role: the initiation of legislation and presidential decree authority 4. Influencing the executive branch during policy formation: consultative commissions 5. Participating in the execution of policy: the decentralized public administration 6. Institutionalized dominance and its dynamics: the relative participation of business and labor 7. The policy impact: the economic development strategy and patterns of government spending 8. Political institutions, crisis, and reform 9. Venezuelan institutional design in comparative perspective Postscript: the 2000 constitution Notes References Index.
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