Bureaucratic Politicization, Partisan Attachments, and the Limits of Public Agency Legitimacy: The Venezuelan Armed Forces under Chavismo

Which factors determine support for the armed forces? What is the effect of agency politicization on confidence? Existing studies, which draw largely from bureaucratically neutral militaries, find that interpersonal trust and demographic variables play significant roles in determining public confide...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Polga-Hecimovich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Latin American Studies Association 2019-06-01
Series:Latin American Research Review
Online Access:https://larrlasa.org/articles/142