Kristin Ciupa
Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Regina and author of The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela, offering historical and theoretical analysis of Venezuela's oil-dependent political economy.
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Mar 29, 2026 • 38min
Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)
Kristin Ciupa, Associate Professor of Sociology and author of a new book on Venezuela’s oil political economy. She traces Venezuela’s shift from agrarian exportism to oil dependence. She examines state–oil capital rent relations, nationalization and PDVSA, the Chávez era’s rent distribution, and recent decline, sanctions, and shifting prospects for privatization and foreign investment.
Mar 29, 2026 • 38min
Kristin Ciupa, "The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market" (Brill, 2026)
Kristin Ciupa, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Regina and author of a new book on Venezuela’s oil political economy. She traces Venezuela from a coffee-based agrarian past to oil discovery, nationalization, the Punto Fijo era, Chávez’s rise, and the limits of rent-based projects. The conversation covers class conflict, state form, OPEC, sanctions, and the 2026 hydrocarbons law.
