1. Introduction: Understanding Venezuela Before and Under Chávez -- 2. Barrio Lives and Histories -- 3. Contested Community Politics -- 4. The State as a Battlefield -- 5. Popularizing the State -- 6. Moralities, Money, and Extractive Capitalism -- 7. Collective Consumption and the Magical State -- 8. Corruption in the Petro-State -- 9. Conclusion: Understanding the Revolutionary Petro-State.O…