Studying democratic institutions in Venezuela -- The electoral system's impact on the role of congress in the policy-making process -- The president's legislative role: the initiation of legislation and presidential decree authority -- Influencing the executive branch during policy formation: consultative commissions -- Participating in the execution of policy: the decentralized public administration -- Instituionalized dominance and its dynamics: the relative participation of business and labor -- The policy impact: the economic development strategy and patterns of government spending -- Political institutions, crisis, and reform -- Venezuelan institutional design in comparative perspective postcript: the 2000 constitution

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