| "21st century socialism" is proposed by Venezuelan President H. Chavez in2005. In the2007presidential inauguration speech, he emphasized that the presidential term of officecontinued until2013, will be "building a socialist system in Venezuela as the core objectives,and strive to promote Venezuela to build a new socialist political, economic and social model,and to this goal written into the Constitution. Under the leadership of Hugo Chavez,Venezuela in the political field, economic and social fields full implementation of a series ofradical reforms, the aim is to establish an alternative to the new neo-liberal developmentmodel; the same time, in the field of international relations and the implementation of a serieshas a policy in favor of the distinctive "alternative" colors.The first chapter described the social and historical background of Hugo Chavez "21stcentury socialism", including the international context and the domestic context of theimplementation of21st century socialism, the end of the Cold War, the majority ofdeveloping countries faced with the difficult choice of development path. Many countrieshave to imitate the Stalinist model, but did not bring the expected economic growth;economic globalization, neo-liberal thought surging plundered many developing countriessuffering from the international financial capital and caught the edge of economic collapse.The rise of Latin American leftist makes many Latin American countries to regain vitality inthe political arena, countries began to find a neo-liberal alternative to explore a new path ofdevelopment is pinning its hopes on them.Chapter II described the Chavez "21st century socialism," the ruling concept andpractice of the process. Including Chavez proposed the source of the idea of the "21st centurysocialism", and in the process of governing the implementation of specific plans.The third chapter is the focus of this article, Chavez "21st century socialism," the conduct ofassessment, Analysis covers the Chavez "21st century socialism" scientific socialism withChinese characteristics, as represented by two between the comparison. Chavez difficultiesand challenges in the exploration of socialism, Chavez encountered many obstacles andproblems in the implementation of the "21st century socialism". Theoretical construct of the"21st century socialism" has not been completed and building a socialist Venezuela in thepath of development on the long-term and arduous task. Chavez "new socialism" forecast,from the traditional socialist point of view, Chavez’s the21st century socialism "with theshortcomings of one kind or deficiencies, but it is economically and culturally. relativelybackward countries, the countries and regions in contemporary capitalism failed attempt toexclude or replace capitalism to socialism was a great social practice. Summary of Chapter IV on the path of exploration of the Chavez "21st centurysocialism". Chavez’s ruling philosophy in the face of challenges and difficulties and theprospects for prediction, discussed the "21st Century socialism" practical significance in thefuture on the road. |