Neoliberalism, Accountability, and Reform Failures in Emerging Markets - Eastern Europe, Russia, Argentina, and Chile in Comparative Perspective

About the author

Luigi Manzetti is Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Methodist University.

Summary

Argues that the ideology of neoliberal reform, rooted in the theories of Friedrich von Hayek and Milton Friedman, assumed political checks and balances that did not exist in many of developing and post-Communist countries undergoing market reform.

Product details

• Authors: Luigi Manzetti, Luigi (Southern Methodist University) Manzetti, Manzetti Luigi
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2010
• EAN: 9780271035741
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03574-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: Schaubilder
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Chile, Eastern Europe, Russia, Argentina, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Political science and theory, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet