After Neoliberalism? - The Left and Economic Reforms in Latin America

Zusatztext The idea that strong institutions encourage moderate policymaking has been made before but this book develops a sophisticated, tightly-argued version of it and applies it in a disciplined way to an important and timely empirical puzzle. The author uses data and graphics effectively and includes a wealth of information on Latin American economic policies since the transition away from import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The transitition away from the import-substitution industrialization in the 1980s. The breadth of the analysis and the clarity of the exposition make it a good choice for upper-level undergraduate classes, as well as graduate seminars. Informationen zum Autor Assistant Professor of Government, Cornell University Klappentext Gusatvo Flores-Macias' After Neoliberalism? offers the first systemic explanation of why the ever-popular left-wing governments in Latin American countries have become extremely radical or moderate once in power. Zusammenfassung Gusatvo Flores-Macias' After Neoliberalism? offers the first systemic explanation of why the ever-popular left-wing governments in Latin American countries have become extremely radical or moderate once in power.

Product details

• Authors: Gustavo Flores-macias, Gustavo A. Flores-Macias, Flores-Macias Gustavo
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2012
• EAN: 9780199891658
• ISBN: 978-0-19-989165-8
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Latin America, Political Parties, Politische Parteien, Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Business / Economics / Finance, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Political science & theory, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Political science and theory, Political parties and party platforms, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies