Episode
Episode Four – The Path of Calamity: Venezuelanization
Dirancast
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2025-03-06
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The fourth episode of Dirancast's Concerns of Iran explores Venezuela's transformation into an oil-dependent nation and the subsequent collapse of its democracy. Drawing from Terry Lynn Karl's 'The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States,' this epis Read more…The fourth episode of Dirancast's Concerns of Iran explores Venezuela's transformation into an oil-dependent nation and the subsequent collapse of its democracy. Drawing from Terry Lynn Karl's 'The Paradox of Plenty: Oil Booms and Petro-States,' this episode examines Venezuela's early 20th-century shift to oil economy, the emergence of democracy, and its eventual failure due to economic crisis following the 1970s oil boom. A critical case study in how resource wealth can paradoxically destabilize democratic institutions. Close